Job Posting Title:

Sr. Software Engineer

Req ID:

10097958

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 Disney’s 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 maximize 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 Streaming, Sports, and Entertainment business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the backend systems, API’s and mobile applications that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses. 

Reach and 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. 

About Media Engineering QA

Media Engineering QA is responsible for the quality of the software and systems that prepare media content and metadata for the Disney Streaming platform - providing the best possible playback experience to our viewers. Media Engineering QA supports also include the systems that provide audio, video, & metadata content from feeding the content from various sources for normalization, processing, and packaging - supporting operator tools and automation for a scalable workflow.  Our job also ensures all the systems fully functions and the coordination of the logic across players and back-end services through quality metrics and observability

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. 

Job Summary: 

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

  

Contributing to the successful implementation of solutions for complex technical problems with DE&E Technology engineering teams  

Owning the development and maintenance of two or more functional areas of core test automation, execution environments, build systems and tooling used across multiple products   

Contributing the successful design & implementation of one or more project features   

Providing strategic input on future initiatives with stakeholders and other engineers  

Contributing to and collecting data to inform Key Performance Indicators used for defining project statuses and effectiveness    

Check-in valuable, clean code daily that adds new features and capabilities   

Becoming a member of our Quality Engineering team, increasing quality through innovation, automated test creation, curiousity and thoughtful debate. 

 

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: 

Builds solutions that scale and perform. Identifies opportunities to improve the system/product/services with each iteration.  

Typically owns software programs and multiple components within the team.  

Developing and supporting test automation frameworks, execution environments, build systems, and reporting tools  

Drives development of component through own and more junior engineers' work  

Work with product and development teams to implement a full stack quality solution  

Maintaining documentation meant for end user consumption as well as project contributor documentation  

Support and mentor developers and manual testers through code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and technical leadership  

Investigating and resolving any framework, tool or execution of environmental issues affecting our services  

Becoming a core member of our Productivity Engineering team, helping others increase productivity through innovation, and championing the core value of Disney Quality  

Identifies problems and opportunities and recommends the development of solutions.  

Decisions and actions regularly have a moderate influence on the work of team members, other teams or assigned projects.   

Required Qualifications 

Bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field

Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in a software development occupation, including automated testing backend services 

Experience with Java and/or Python and proficient in object-oriented design where applicable

Experience with AWS or other cloud experience, and Docker Experience

Builds solutions that scale and perform. Identifies opportunities to improve the system/product/services with each iteration

Experience with test automation and unit testing frameworks 

Excellent problem-solving skills. 

Excellent collaboration skills and ability to use standard software development lifecycle (SDLC) tools such as Jira and Confluence, and version control systems. 

Experience leading one to two teams in technical solutioning 

Strong verbal and written communication skills. Highly motivated, self-starter

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Kubernetes

Experience with quality metrics

Experience with Industry-standard test frameworks including TestNG, Robot Framework

Familiar with performance testing concepts is a plus

Video streaming experience is a plus

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $142,600 to $191,100 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $136,100 - $182,400 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.

Job Posting Segment:

Engineering Services

Job Posting Primary Business:

ES - Quality & Insights

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Seattle, WA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - CA - 2500 Broadway Street, USA - NY - 1211 Avenue of the Americas

Date Posted:

2024-08-26