Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026
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About the Role & Program:
The Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology (DE&ET) organization plays a central role in the future growth of The Walt Disney Company. Our team is responsible for worldwide linear and digital media distribution, design and development of all consumer-facing digital products, advertising technology, consumer data, and international broadcast operations. Our employees are leading, creating, and innovating, making bold moves in unexpected directions that redefine not just what a media company does, but what it can do. With The Walt Disney Company, you can be part of media's evolution, helping us create what's next.
Be a part of an innovative team and culture…
This role falls within the Core Media Technology (CMT) team in DE&ET’s Media Engineering organization. CMT is one of our Research and Advanced Development teams whose focus is in the domain of video and audio processing that drives enhancements into our video processing platform for live and on-demand video streaming delivery. Our work involves optimizing media encoding, introducing new media codecs, developing video quality and performance assessment frameworks and conducting innovative media research towards the development of future platform capabilities.
What You Will Do:
Throughout this internship, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively within the CMT team contributing to one or more of our active research and advanced development projects. At any given time, you may find yourself:
Contributing to one of our advanced media ML/AI processing projects
Developing python-based scripts to drive media analysis
Developing web-apps/dashboards for data visualization
Contributing to subjective experiments evaluating video quality
Testing and evaluating new video codecs
Required Qualifications & Skills:
Knowledge and experience in Python
Understanding or experience with Linux
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Proficiency in data analysis and analytical thinking
Strong ability to multi-task and context-switch with ease in a fast-paced, and ever-evolving organization
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Experience developing and optimizing AI/ML models and frameworks
Knowledge and experience with Python libraries such as pandas/NumPy for data analysis and matplotlib/plotly for visualization
Video encoding and codec (e.g. H264, H265, AV1) experience
Experience with data visualization and analysis
Experience with building web-apps/dashboards for data visualization
Experience with working with Dockers
Education:
Junior or Senior year preferred
Currently enrolled undergraduate student in an accredited college/university, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Graphics Technology/Visualization or related field.
Eligibility Requirements & Program Information
Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:
Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program AND returning to school the semester/quarter following the internship OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
Be at least 18 years of age
Possess unrestricted work authorization
Additional Information
Fully available from M-F, 40 hours each week for the entire program duration: May/June - August/September 2026 (12 weeks)
Available for one evening meeting weekly with our extended Beijing team (typically 8-9pm ET Mondays)
Able to provide own housing for the duration internship program in San Francisco, CA or Morrisville, NC
Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work
The pay rate for this role in San Francisco, CA or Morrisville, NC is $42.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
Sobre Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Na Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, estamos combinando imaginação e inovação para reimaginar as maneiras como as pessoas experimentam e se envolvem com as histórias e produtos mais adorados do mundo. Nosso trabalho é amplo e profundamente sofisticado. Criamos experiências incríveis, transformamos o futuro da mídia e criamos produtos e plataformas que permitem a conexão entre pessoas em todos os lugares e as histórias e esportes que elas amam.
A capacidade da Disney de unir tecnologia de nível mundial com criatividade exclusiva nos torna únicos. Ela está no centro do nosso passado, presente e futuro. Somos contadores de histórias e inovadores. Criadores e construtores. Animadores e engenheiros.
Sobre The Walt Disney Company:
A The Walt Disney Company, juntamente com suas subsidiárias e afiliadas, é uma líder diversificada em entretenimento familiar e mídia internacional que inclui três segmentos principais de negócios: Disney Entertainment, ESPN e Disney Experiences. Desde seus primeiros passos como um estúdio de desenho animado na década de 1920 até se tornar o atual nome de destaque na indústria do entretenimento, a Disney orgulhosamente dá continuidade a seu legado de criação de histórias e experiências de padrão internacional para toda a família. As histórias, personagens e experiências da Disney tocam consumidores e visitantes de todas as partes do mundo. Com operações em mais de 40 países, nossos funcionários e colaboradores trabalham juntos para criar experiências de entretenimento adoradas por todos.
Esta vaga é oferecida junto à Disney Streaming Technology LLC, que é parte de um segmento de negócios que chamamos de Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC é um empregador de oportunidades iguais. Os candidatos serão selecionados para emprego independente de raça, religião, cor, sexo, orientação sexual, gênero, identidade de gênero, expressão de gênero, nacionalidade, ancestralidade, idade, estado civil, status militar ou de veterano, quadro clínico, informações genéticas ou deficiência, ou qualquer outro motivo proibido por lei federal, estadual ou local. A Disney defende um ambiente de negócios em que ideias e decisões de todas as pessoas nos ajudam a crescer, inovar, criar as melhores histórias e ser relevantes em um mundo em constante evolução.