Senior Software 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.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Processing Tools team. This team is responsible for all tools that provide expert views into the media and metadata processing pipelines as well as engineering development and deployment tools for specialized media workflows that serve operations teams responsible for publishing content to Disney’s DTC services.

Responsibilities

• Write and Maintain Software Solutions: Design, write, test, and deploy high-quality code to develop reliable, maintainable software solutions.

• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with software engineers, product managers, and program managers to ensure technical solutions effectively support business goals and content strategies. Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.

• Production Support: Monitor and optimize production systems, ensuring platform stability, performance, and uptime.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience

• Experience in programming with Backend and Frontend UI, proficient with one or more general purpose programming languages (Python, Java, Javascript, etc)

• Desire to work in a start-up, fast-growth, or rapid-change environment

• Problem-solving skills to identify the root cause

• Solid communication skills – written, and oral

• Understanding of agile methodologies and git source control

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS technologies and cloud infrastructure

• Experience integrating media players into web applications

• Solid understanding of web accessibility fundamentals.

• Strong knowledge of web standards and new technologies.

• Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency

• Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git

• Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.)

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The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 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.