Senior Software Engineer, Video Playback - Javascript

Job Description

Disney+ is the Disney-branded streaming service featuring an outstanding collection of
content from its brands and franchises recognized and respected all over the world including Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, Disney, and NatGeo. Hulu is a premium streaming service that offers premium originals, current season TV, a massive library of hit series and movies, and live television. Our combined Disney and Hulu team is looking for hardworking team players to join the Media Engineering team, who will thrive upon the legacy of Disney and Hulu, embrace unconventional thinking, and who are passionate about contributing to The Walt Disney Company's direct-to-consumer (DTC) experience through strategic hard work and determination.

As a Sr. Software Engineer for the Video Playback Engineering team, you will help us provide the best in class video experience on browsers, connected devices and TV set-top boxes, pushing the envelope of what is technically possible with the most exciting content in the industry.

We're looking for an engineer who is proficient in JavaScript development with an interest in working outside of typical web development environments and frameworks.
Experience in HTML5 video player development, with knowledge of Media Source Extensions and modern video standards is a bonus.

Whether you're in New York or California we provide opportunities to elevate your career and transform an industry. In some cases also open to remote employees.

We truly believe we offer a unique opportunity for any technologist:
• To work within a strong organization of streaming video experts
• To work on a bleeding edge streaming video player stack
• To work with a world-class team of engineers
• To work in a highly collaborative team environment
• To have an influence on the innovation of products used globally by millions

Responsibilities:

As a critical member of a team of video platform engineering you are responsible for building out next generation streaming video players and features
• JavaScript player development for browsers, connected TVs, and set-top boxes.
• Port the streaming video playback stack to new hardware
• Optimize player performance
• Collaborate with other teams internally to resolve issues and facilitate playback integration.

Basic Qualifications:
• 4+ years of JavaScript experience with a variety of frameworks or no frameworks at all.
• Experience and interest in writing performance and memory optimized JavaScript code
• An interest in working with a variety of embedded JavaScript engines.
• Experience and ability to learn new technologies and system architectures.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Familiarity with embedded HTML5/JavaScript environments outside of typical web browsers.
• Experience with HTML5 video player development
• Experience with or understanding of HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) standards.
• Experience with other development environments like C++, Rust, Node.js, Python, Go, Scala.
• Familiarity with open source web Browsers including Chromium and WebKit and JavaScript engines including V8 and JavaScriptCore
• Familiarity with open source HTML5/JavaScript video players like hls.js
• Familiarity with Widevine and PlayReady DRM technologies

Required Education
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6zjw0-18-225-149-32-42 in your application.