Lead Content Distribution Engineer

Job Posting Title:
Lead Content Distribution Engineer
Req ID:
10146110
Job Description:
Lead Content Distribution Network Engineer
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Product Engineering
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
Job Summary:
For the role of Lead Content Distribution Engineer, Media Processing and Distribution is looking for a candidate specializing in caching technology, distributed networking, and operational experience in CDN edge services. This role will join the Product Engineering organization as part of the Media Distribution Technology team which develops and maintains CDN configurations for all CDNs in the Disney Distribution Mesh.
Areas of focus include:
Configure and manage CDN configurations in the Disney Distribution Mesh
Actively manage OpenCache deployments with ISPs globally
Actively review performance metrics across our caching infrastructure for improvements (in concert with operations and performance management teams)
Review capacity and ensure alignment with global distribution strategy
Oversee Day-to-Day operations of Disney Distribution Mesh
Participate in tooling development to integrate 3rd party CDNs into unified control plane
Operational Management Contact for CDN support – actively managing incidents via communication with CDN support teams
Identifying areas for caching configuration tuning and adjustment
Work to solve caching issues in concert with our operations and engineering organizations
Provide consultation on caching solutions to internal stakeholders
Provide senior tier-3 on call evaluation, escalation and support
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
Focus on operations & management of cache solutions
Support product driven initiatives and projects
Develop engineering tooling and automation
Training & mentoring
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
Minimum of 7 years of experience managing caching solutions
Understanding of streaming video protocols (HLS) and how it interacts with caching
Ability to perform Network Troubleshooting
Effective communication, written and verbal
Passion for troubleshooting and debugging
Experience in a Content Distribution Network environment
Knowledge of video players and impact on cache logic
Bachelors degree required
Preferred experience with:
HTTP/DNS/Internet Architecture
Caching (Varnish)
Web Serving (NGINX, HAProxy)
Cloud Technologies (AWS, GCP)
Scripting Languages (Python, et al)
Security Protocols (SSL Certificates, TLS)
Configuration Management (Ansible, AWX)
The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $137,500.00 - $184,300.00 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $131,200.00 - $176,000.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Job Posting Segment:
PE - Media Engineering
Job Posting Primary Business:
PE - Media Platform - Media Processing & Metadata Platform
Primary Job Posting Category:
Content Distribution Engineering
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
New York, NY, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - CA - 2500 Broadway Street
Date Posted:
2026-05-27