Automation Engineer I

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. 

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Engineering Services designs, builds, and sustains technology that powers DE&E Technology’s worldwide content production and distribution platforms. In doing so, they contribute to a series of cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality Assurance, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast Infrastructure, and Networking & Security. The Quality Engineering team validates all Disney-built software before production, including web, mobile, living room applications, media, services, non-consumer-facing products and more.

Job Summary

As a member of our team, you will strive to accomplish the following goals:

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of one or more suites of test automation using a structured programming language like Java, Python, or JavaScript, and its associated pre-production execution environments.
• Contribute to the design & implementation of test automation frameworks with input from senior engineers by checking-in valuable, clean code regularly that adds new features and capabilities.
• Become a member of our Quality Engineering team, driving increasing quality through innovation, automated test creation, Manual testing when required, curiosity and thoughtful debate.
• Contribute to the successful implementation of solutions for complex technical problems with DE &ET engineering teams and driving the deployment of Disney backend and guest-facing products at Disney Quality.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance and support of test automation frameworks, execution environments, manual testing, build systems, and reporting tools.
• Triaging, debugging, and resolution of test suite automation bugs or environmental issues affecting our services.
• Work with QA test analysts and development teams to implement automated tests for new features.
• Maintaining documentation meant for internal developer consumption as well as project contributor documentation
• Create and keep manual test cases updated, provide support and training of automation tools to end users.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Expertise in one of the following programming languages: Node/JavaScript, Java, Python.
• Experience with system and unit testing frameworks (e.g. TestNG, Cucumber, Robot Framework etc).
• Experience in automated testing on mobile or living room (OTT) devices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to use standard software development lifecycle (SDLC) tools such as Jira and Confluence, version control systems (e.g. Git), and CI/CD tools and pipelines.
• Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver project tasks on time.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Highly motivated, self-starting individual.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ year’s experience in a testing role with a mix of manual and automation duties, including designing and developing manual and automated tests of front end and backend services using a structured programming language.
• Experience developing/testing applications on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Device Farm, Sauce Labs).
• Experience working with Agile methodologies.
• Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals.
• Experience with Jenkins or other continuous integration/delivery systems.
• Experience with test suite/case/run management tools (e.g., JIRA Xray, etc.)

The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $78,900 - $105,700 per year, in Seattle and New York is $82,600 - $110,700 per year, and in San Francisco is $86,300 - $115,700 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 company.