Job Posting Title:
Product Software Engineer I
Req ID:
10152065
Job Description:
The Ad Platform Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is responsible for building, enhancing, and operating a high-performance, distributed, microservice-based digital advertising platform. This platform powers billions of real-time ad decisions daily across Disney’s video-on-demand and live TV properties, including Hulu, Disney+, ESPN, and more.
Within Ad Platform Engineering, the Programmatic teams build and maintain Disney’s programmatic advertising suite of products and services that comprise Disney's Real-time Ad Exchange (DRAX). DRAX is an award-winning, proprietary supply-side platform (SSP) that enables programmatic deal configuration and integrates demand from multiple third-party sources into Disney’s ad server in real time.
Job Summary
As a Product Software Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional partners and engineering teams on the design and implementation of innovative products and features, contributing to the evolution of user-centric advertising at scale. You’ll exercise technical ownership, provide peer mentoring, and ensure our systems are robust, observable, and future-ready.
On a daily basis you should bring:
● A passion for building and owning mission-critical systems.
● A growth mindset, with a willingness to learn in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
● A commitment and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.
● An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling, and why they are important.
● An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk.
● A pragmatic approach to solving engineering challenges at scale.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
● Design, build, and support scalable microservices.
● Collaborate with product and engineering peers to deliver features that enhance user-centric advertising.
● Translate user stories into actionable engineering tasks with ownership from development through deployment.
● Support teammates through code reviews, design reviews, and documentation.
● Improve system observability by implementing metrics, monitoring, and alerting solutions.
● Participate in on-call rotations as part of our commitment to operational excellence.
● Understanding and using automated tools (AI) while adhering to company policy.
Basic Qualifications
● 1+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
● Proficiency with Java and related frameworks (Spring Boot, ORMs, etc..).
● Strong background in relational databases (MySQL, Postgres), including schema and query design.
● Experience working with RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
● Strong foundation in computer science principles, including data structures and algorithms.
● Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
● Experience in ad tech.
● Experience with programmatic advertising or real-time bidding platforms.
Experience with:
● Spring Boot and related Spring projects.
● Cloud platforms such as AWS.
● Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
● Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, and/or SNS/SQS.
Required Education
● BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Job Posting Segment:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Job Posting Primary Business:
Ad Platforms
Primary Job Posting Category:
Product Software Engineering
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Bangalore, India
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2026-06-17