Software Engineer

Job Description

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you'd love working here:
• Building the future of Disney's media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our 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 implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Quality Platform supports our premium streaming services, offering live and on-demand TV and movies, with and without commercials, both in and outside the home. Operating at the intersection of entertainment and technology, Quality Platform consists of people who are passionate about redefining TV through innovation, non-traditional thinking, and embracing fun. As a team, we are able to touch a wide stack of technologies and come up with many tooling solutions to many of the problems the Quality organization might face. By doing so, you will never be bored and siloed into one project, where you have the opportunity to move to other projects and increase you skills on all sorts of different projects.

Job Summary:

As the engineer you will touch all different technology stacks from Java, AWS, React, Spinnaker, and more. You are in charge of developing frameworks, test infrastructure, and other tools that are vital for QA to do their job quicker and more efficiently. There will be a great deal of collaboration not only between your team, through activities like Code Reviews and Mentorship, but with other teams within our organization to help develop solutions to their requests.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
• Design, architect and implement across services and clients for large scope testing frameworks
• Ownership of daily engineering work; ideate, review design, build, code-review, test, launch, monitor and maintain
• Actively mentor other engineers
• Treat quality as a habit and implement software engineering best practices and appropriate design patterns

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
• BS in Computer Science/Engineering (MS is a plus)
• Minimum 3 years of relevant software engineering experience or software automation experience
• Excels with Java or Python
• Strong system design and analytical skills.
• Strong understanding of APIs and developing Libraries
• Minimum 2 years of experience with hands-on experience with test devices and device harnesses preferred.
• Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Spinnaker, and Kubernetes
• Does very well with communication, mentorship and collaboration skills
• Strong teamwork ethic and strive for perfection

The hiring range for this position in New York is $118,000 to $158,200 per year and in California is $112,600 to $151,000 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.

About Disney Direct to Consumer:

Disney's Direct to Consumer team oversees the Hulu and Disney+ streaming businesses within Disney Entertainment helping to bring The Walt Disney Company's best-in-class storytelling to fans and families everywhere.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Direct to Consumer.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbzjwe-3-129-73-179-42 in your application.