Software Development Engineer - Data Engineering

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Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) brings together the Company’s best-in-class product, technology, and commercialization teams together into one global organization. DMED is responsible for the P&L management and all distribution, network and engineering operations, sales, advertising, data, and certain key technology functions worldwide for the Company’s content engines. DMED also manages operations of the Company’s streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and Disney+ Hotstar; and domestic broadcast and cable television networks.

Disney+ Hotstar is leading the way as the largest and smartest video platform in the country, reaching over 300 million users today. We have set a number of world records along the way - including for the highest concurrent viewership at 25.3 million during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Disney+ Hotstar today is the one-stop destination for all your entertainment needs - from Live Sports, Indian and International Shows and Movies to all Disney content, including Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and Disney+ Originals. We’re looking for the brightest minds to build the future of TV with us.

About the Team 

As a Data Engineer in the Data Infrastructure team, you will build platforms and tools that churn through, process & analyze petabytes of data and lead a robust team. You will work on technologies such as Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Aerospike, Redshift to build a scalable infrastructure that delivers recommendations to our users in real-time. 

The pace of our growth is incredible – if you want to tackle hard and interesting problems at scale, and create an impact within an entrepreneurial environment, join us!

Your Key Responsibilities

  • You will work closely with Software Engineers & ML engineers to build data infrastructure that fuels the needs of multiple teams, systems and products
  • You will automate manual processes, optimize data-delivery and build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data required for a wide variety of use-cases using SQL/Spark
  • You will build stream processing pipelines and tools to support a vast variety of analytics and audit use-cases
  • You will continuously evaluate relevant technologies, influence and drive architecture and design discussions
  • You will work in cross-functional team and collaborate with peers during entire SDLC

    • What to Bring

  • BE/B.Tech/BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field (ideal)
  • 3 -5 years of work experience building data warehouse and BI systems
  • Strong Java skills
  • Experience in either Go or Python (plus to have)
  • Experience in Apache Spark, Hadoop, Redshift, Athena
  • Strong understanding of database and storage fundamentals
  • Experience with the AWS stack
  • Ability to create data-flow design and write complex SQL / Spark based transformations
  • Experience working on real time streaming data pipelines using Spark Streaming or Storm
    • Our Values
    - We are customer obsessed
    - We are audacious in vision and action
    - We encourage honesty and open dialogue
    - We respect everyone and every point of view
    - We make objective and data-driven decisions
    - We believe trust and accountability go hand-in-hand
    - We invest in each other's growth
    - We bring our A-game and nothing else
    - We take charge and get it done

    The Perks
    - The glory. Almost too much responsibility. 
    - No dress code. Unlimited leave.
    - A fun-life balance. 
    - A ticket on our rocket ship to the moon.  🚀

    Who we are as an employer
    We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

    Who we are as a company 
    We’re Disney+ Hotstar. The go-to destination for over 300 million users for everything from Live Sports, Indian and International Shows and Movies to all Disney content, including Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and Disney+ originals. Our mission is to revolutionize internet entertainment through smart personalization, and by building a global video platform that takes over the world wide web and the whole wide world. 

    To learn more about our team, check out the following blogs : https://tech.hotstar.com/