360 Senior Software Engineer jobs in Santa Monica
Lead Software Engineer
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Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T) 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.
Commerce, Data & Identity (CDI) provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney's media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.
**The Big Data Infrastructure team**
The Big Data Infrastructure team manages big data services such as Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Presto, Hive, etc. Our services are distributed across the data center and Cloud, supporting a large scale of data amount and thousands of physical resources. We focus on the virtualization of big data environments, cost efficiency, resiliency, and performance. The right person for this role should have proven experience with working in mission-critical infrastructure and enjoy building and maintaining large-scale data systems with the challenge of varied requirements and large storage capabilities. If you are someone who enjoys building large-scale big data infrastructure, then this is a great role for you
**Responsibilities**
+ Develop, scale, and improve in-house/cloud and open-source big data engines (e.g. Spark, Flink, Presto/Trino, etc).
+ Investigate new big data technology, and apply it to the DisneyStreaming production environment.
+ Build next-gen cloud-based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications, and continuously improve performance, scalability and availability
+ Handle architectural and design considerations such as performance, scalability, reusability, and flexibility issues.
+ Advocate engineering best practices, including the use of design patterns, code review, and automated unit/functional testing.
+ Work together with other engineering teams to influence them on big data system design and optimization.
+ Define and lead the adoption of best practices and processes. Collaborate with senior internal team members and external stakeholders to gather requirements and drive implementation
+ Collaborate efficiently with Product Managers and other developers to build datastores as a service.
+ Collaborate with senior internal team members and external stakeholders to gather requirements and drive implementation.
**Basic Qualifications**
+ Experience in building in-house big data infrastructure.
+ Experience in developing and optimizing big data components (e.g. Spark, Flink, Presto/Trino, etc)
+ Experience with modern data formats (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi etc)
+ Experience with CICD, fine-tuned metrics, security and compliance enhancement
+ Ability to drive a project from end to end, including clarifying requirements, resolving conflicts, handling tech challenges and delivering the results
+ Motivation to dive deep and become an expert in one or more big data areas. Ready to unpack and crack open-source software to fix bugs or develop new features, and contribute back to the community
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Experience in building in-house big data infrastructure.
+ Experience in contributing big data components (e.g. HDFS, Hive, Spark, Flink, Presto/Trino, etc)
+ Experience in container tech stack, including Kubernetes, Docker, Volcano, etc
+ Experience in managing a big data cluster with over 1000 nodes.
**Required Education**
+ 7+ years of relevant professional experience and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field OR 5+ years of relevant professional experiences and a Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
**Additional Information**
#DISNEYTECH
#CDI
The hiring range for this position in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $159,500.00 to $13,900.00 per year, in San Francisco, CA is 166,800.00 - 223,600.00 and in Santa Monica, CA is 152,200.00 to 204,100.00 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Sr Software Engineer
Posted 3 days ago
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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.
Commerce, Data & Identity (CDI) provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney's media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.
**About The Role**
The **Cloud Cradle team** within the **Data organization at DEEPT** is seeking a **Senior Software Engineer** to help drive the next phase of data platform innovation. In this role, you'll develop critical tools and services that empower dozens of engineering and analytics teams to harness data for informed decision-making and operational excellence. Your work will play a key role in scaling the largest streaming service by providing robust engineering solutions that deliver observability, data lineage, quality, logging, and alerting-ensuring consistent and reliable data across the organization. We're focused on building products to manage access, cost, data lifecycle, data metadata, secrets and cloud automation. If you're passionate about data engineering, thrive in a collaborative environment, and are excited to make a broad organizational impact, we invite you to join our team of world-class engineers.
**Responsibilities**
+ Implement mission-critical applications, services, and libraries using Java, Python, and AWS technologies
+ Build reusable components that encapsulate complex business logic and integrate across various systems with guidance from Leads and Architects
+ Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to align technical strategies with business objectives.
+ Ensure operational excellence by delivering high-quality, maintainable, and performant systems.
+ Champion agile/scrum methodologies, actively participating in ceremonies and driving continuous improvement across the team.
+ Engage with stakeholders and end users to understand requirements, prioritize initiatives, and deliver value through both innovation and iterative enhancements.
+ Establish testing strategies and design test suites to cater to unit, integration and regression tests covering backward and forward compatibility.
+ Maintain comprehensive documentation to support data governance, system integrity, and long-term maintainability.
+ Define, promote, and document internal standards and best practices related to code, configuration, naming conventions, partitioning strategies, and system design.
**Basic Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
+ Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including work on large-scale projects.
+ Proven expertise in algorithmic problem-solving and system design.
+ Proficient in at least one programming language, with strong preference for Python or Scala.
+ Proficiency in cloud platforms, preferably AWS, or equivalent cloud technologies.
+ Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions for automated deployment.
+ Strong Hands-on experience with Graph Database like Neo4J or Neptune
+ Solid foundational programming skills with the ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
+ Familiarity with latest tech stack in building API's using GraphQL, AWS AppSync and Postman
+ Ability to manage and contribute to multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Enthusiastic about exploring emerging technologies and contributing to proof-of-concept initiatives.
+ Enjoys tackling complex technical and business challenges with agility and creativity.
+ Deep passion for automation, data-driven solutions, and innovative technology development.
+ Prior experience designing and building scalable, internet-facing platforms and distributed systems.
+ A strong portfolio of work, including GitHub repositories or notable open-source contributions, is a plus and highly valued.
**Additional Information**
#DISNEYTECH
#CDI
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $138,900.00 to $86,200.00 per year, in Seattle, WA is 145,400.00 to 195,000.00 per year and in San Francisco, CA is 152,100.00 to 203,900.00 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Lead Software Engineer
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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 for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
+ Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's 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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
Engineering Services designs, builds, and sustains technology that powers DE&E Technology's worldwide content production and distribution platforms. In doing so, they contribute to a series of cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality Assurance, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast
Infrastructure, and Networking & Security
**About The Role**
The Data Foundations Platform and Governance Engineering team within the Commerce, Data, and Identity organization within the larger Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product and Technology organization is in search
of a Lead Software Engineer. The role of this Lead Engineer will focus on privacy solutions and data subject rights automation, working cross-functionally with analytics, data architecture, legal and security partners to build scalable solutions to solve complex privacy related challenges. You'll get to understand the challenges of how data is being used at Disney's world-class streaming services while pushing the boundaries of what is possible using the latest technologies available in AWS, Databricks, and beyond.
**Responsibilities**
+ Be a key player in a cross-functional team of engineers who build software for a large-scale data processing ecosystem, supporting real-time and batch data pipelines for analytics, data science, and operations.
+ Architect, design, and code shared libraries in Scala and Python that abstract complex business logic to allow consistent functionality across all data pipelines across the Data organization
+ Work to architect and build world class modularized tooling to understand our very complex environments to come up with plans for simplification, migration, and maintenance.
+ Maintain software engineering and architecture best practices and standards within the team and wider organization, along with a culture of quality, innovation, and experimentation
+ Evangelize and evolve the platform, best-practices, data driven decisions; identify new use cases and features and drive adoption
+ Build out a robust observability, alerting, logging, and system control plane that allows easy diagnosis of any issues across all our data pipelines.
+ Contribute to maintaining, updating, and expanding existing software deployments while maintaining strict uptime SLAs
+ Contribute to developing and documenting both internal and external standards and best practices for software deployments, configurations, naming conventions, partitioning strategies, and more.
+ Maintain detailed documentation of your work and changes to support data quality and data governance requirements
+ Be an active participant and advocate of agile/scrum ceremonies to collaborate and improve processes for our team
+ Be a part of the magic: Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineers to drive the success of the Foundational Platform
**Basic Qualifications**
+ 7+ years of data engineering experience in software engineering in the data space
+ Strong software algorithmic problem-solving expertise
+ Strong fundamental Scala and Python software programming skills
+ Good understanding of AWS or other cloud provider resources (S3)
+ Strong SQL skills and ability to creatively problem solve and dive deep into our data and software ecosystem
+ Hands-on production environment experience with distributed processing systems such as Apache Spark
+ Hands-on production experience with workflow orchestration systems such as Airflow for creating and maintaining data pipelines
+ Scripting language experience (Bash, PowerShell)
+ Technologies such as OneTrust, Databricks, Jupyter, Snowflake, Redshift, Airflow, DynamoDB, Redis, Kubernetes, Kinesis, REST APIs, Terraform, Go
+ SQL, Python, Scala, other computer software languages
+ Willingness and ability to learn and pick up new skillsets
+ Self-starting problem solver with an eye for detail and excellent analytical and communication skills
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems preferred
+ Experience with at least one major Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) or cloud database technology (Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query)
+ Experience in developing APIs with GraphQL
+ Experience in developing microservices
+ Deep Understanding of AWS or other cloud providers as well as infrastructure as code
+ Familiarity with Data Modeling techniques and Data Warehousing standard methodologies and practices
+ Familiar with Scrum and Agile methodologies
+ Familiarity with privacy regulations and/or data subject rights
**Required Education**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
**Additional Information**
#DISNEYTECH
#CDI
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $152,200 - $04,100 per year and in New York, NY is 159,500 - 213,900 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Lead Software Engineer
Posted 3 days ago
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**The DEEP&T 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.**
**Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product and media engineering, quality assurance, as well engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.**
**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 Lead Software Engineer within DEEP&T, you will touch the lives of Disney fans around the world, working on innovative digital products and platforms from Disney, ESPN, National Geographic, ABC, Marvel, Star Wars and more. You will be a leader on the Quality Engineering team, whose primary goal is continually improving the quality of the products that Disney is known for while decreasing time-to-market and enabling innovation. This role makes you a stakeholder in every digital property developed and released by the DEEP&T group, as well as the platforms and enterprise applications that power them.**
**As an experienced software engineering leader who has a passion for leading engineers that drive quality and productivity into world-class applications and services, you will lead a small group of talented and driven software engineers dedicated to building test automation, tools, reports, and services that enable product delivery teams to deliver all Disney digital applications with the quality and reliability expected by our guests.**
**Responsibilities:**
**Owning and contributing to the architecture, development and maintenance of test frameworks and pipelines that verify backend services and APIs across multiple products.**
**Providing strategic input, defining and contributing towards Objectives and Key Results, and partnering within and across the organization to achieve them**
**Leading and mentoring junior developers, providing meaningful insight, code reviews and technical direction across the team.**
**Developing and supporting high quality code to build and enhance test automation, quality infrastructure, and innovative proof-of-concepts**
**Leading communication for projects and overall team status within and across the organization**
**Keeping up with industry trends and new publicly available technologies, coming up with innovative ideas and solutions for complex technical problems**
**Serving as an advanced resource for other engineers on the team, training and helping others to contribute meaningful and impactful features and capabilities**
**Being an active member of the larger Quality Engineering team, helping increase productivity and impact through innovation, curiosity, and thoughtful debate**
**Basic Qualifications:**
**7 years of relevant experience in a software development (SDET or SE) occupation, including automated and/or unit testing of front end and backend services**
**Bachelor's degree or the foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field or equivalent years of professional experience**
**Proficient in object-oriented design and expertise with Python, Java and/or Node/JavaScript**
**Experience leading teams of software engineers and/or SDETs**
**Experience working with high-performing teams using Agile and Lean methodologies**
**Experience in modern design patterns and techniques, deriving and gathering quality KPI's to give insight into product's health and progress**
**Preferred Qualifications**
**Experience shipping production Python, Flask, Django, React or Node.js applications**
**Experience with developing and deploying applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and optimizing cost efficiency**
**Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, and Kinesis.**
**Experience writing Gherkin Syntax to facilitate the development of automated test scenarios**
**Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems**
**Experience with testcase management (e.g. JIRA Xray), code management (e.g. git, SonarQube) and data visualization (e.g. Grafana, Data Dog) tools**
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA and Glendale, CA is $152,200 to $204,100 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
Posted 3 days ago
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**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.**
**_A few reasons why we think you'd love working for Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:_**
**Building the future of Disney's media business:** **DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's 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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.**
**Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity**
**Job Summary:**
**We are looking for a talented front-end engineer to join a team that creates large-scale, highly performant web applications. This team transforms large, complex datasets into fast and responsive user interfaces used by millions of people.**
**As a Lead Software Engineer for Web App Experience, you will help us push the boundaries of what is possible on the client. You'll work with a team of other developers alongside systems engineers, services engineers, and project managers. You'll work in a fast-paced environment to help build critical features supporting content discovery, engagement, and personalization for our suite of streaming apps. You are highly proficient in Javascript, HTML and CSS and appreciate the details that make a user experience exceptional. You demonstrate enthusiasm for new technologies, languages, frameworks, and platforms.**
**We believe we offer unique opportunities for any technologist, including:**
**The ability to work on a modern and continuously evolving technology stack**
**Influencing the innovation of products used globally by millions**
**An open, team-driven environment that fosters constructive feedback and collective problem-solving**
**Responsibilities**
**Implement web interfaces and applications using JavaScript (ES6+) HTML and CSS**
**Work on a modern stack including React, TypeScript, NodeJS, Amazon Web Services**
**Enforce code quality through test driven development and code review**
**Distill product requirements into design and technical specifications**
**Collaborate closely with other engineering teams, product managers, and UX designers to define product requirements**
**Build out new features and enhancements using React and Redux**
**Maintain and support a production streaming app at global scale**
**Mentor junior developers and promote engineering best practices**
**Basic Qualifications**
**7+ years building scalable production-quality web experiences**
**BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline and 7+ years relevant industry experience or 13+ years equivalent engineering experience without a BS degree in a technical field or 19+ years equivalent experience without a BS degree.**
**Experience in a NodeJS application development environment.**
**Experience working within a modern Javascript workflow through technologies such as: CSS Preprocessors, Styled Components, Single Page Application frameworks and Module Bundlers (Webpack etc.)**
**Strong understanding of application security principles and best practices**
**Proven ability to integrate with service APIs and/or SDKs**
**Experience with observability platforms such as DataDog or New Relic to monitor application health and performance**
**Preferred Qualifications**
**Experience with streaming video, large data applications, and analytics suites**
**Knowledge of SEO, accessibility, and web performance metrics**
**Experience integrating with REST and GraphQL APIs**
**Hands on experience with React in a production application**
**Ability to lead high-functioning engineering teams**
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, CA is $152,200 to 204,100 per year, in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $59,500 to 213,900 per year, and in San Francisco, CA is 166,800 to 223,600 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
Posted 3 days ago
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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.
**Job Summary:**
The Disney Web platform engineering organization delivers app experiences across Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, and Star+ built on a common platform and shared technology. The Web team is a fast-paced and fast-growing team that shares knowledge and code for initiatives that span Web such as commerce, marketing, media, and infrastructure!
We are seeking individuals with a passion for learning and developing the future of streaming services on the web. As a member on Disney's Identity Client team you'll build the core login, registration and user management experiences of our Web platform
As a Lead Software Engineer you serve as a high-level technical resource and "go-to" person, solving sophisticated technical challenges and finding opportunities to improve systems, products, and services.
**Responsibilities**
+ Collaborates closely with engineering and product teams to define and distill product requirements into design and technical specifications, projects, or fixes that scale and perform.
+ Leads by example to write, maintain, follow and enforce code quality through test driven development.
+ Contributes to core fundamental software project needs and the evolution of the team's practices; recommending changes in development, coding, maintenance and system standards.
+ Efficiently supports software throughout the lifecycle. Performs technical maintenance and fixing for components while maintaining clear documentation.
+ Applies experiences and exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques to identify, resolve, and develop solutions to a variety of complex tasks involving architectural application changes.
+ Supports and mentors developers through code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and technical leadership.
+ Drive the development and organization of complex features touching many different teams to meet business deliverables and needs in a timely manner.
**Basic Qualifications:**
+ 7+ years' experience building highly scalable and performant production level web applications.
+ Demonstrated ability to architect complex technical changes, to knowledge-share, and get buy-in for their solutions. Or 5+ years with a Masters degree.
+ BS degree in computer science or related technical field or equivalent 13 years' work experience.
+ Writes well-documented, clear, and robust code.
+ Experience working within a modern JavaScript/Typescript application.
+ Proven ability to integrate with third party systems (ex: APIs, SDKs, etc.).
+ Highly diligent with the ability to see projects from beginning to end; designing workflows and executing tasks.
+ Quickly learn, understand, and adapt to new technologies; identifying root causes and driving solutions to highly sophisticated problems.
+ Exhibits emotional intelligence, supervising oneself under high pressure situations and meets urgent timelines.
+ Ability to support and mentor other developers by building trust, identifying goals, encouraging, instructing, and providing constructive feedback.
+ Optimally collaborates and communicates with team members and multi-functional partners, engaging technical topics with clarity.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experience shipping a production React/Node.js application
+ Experience with developing applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS)
+ Experience working with Agile methodologies
+ Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, CA is $152,200 to 204,100 per year, in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $59,500 to 213,900 per year, and in San Francisco, CA is 166,800 to 223,600 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
Posted 3 days ago
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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.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
Consumer Software Engineering is all about the end user. The team leads all front-end development for the consumer-facing apps that house Disney's portfolio of brands. For example, if you're watching Disney+ on your Apple TV - and the interface is engaging, adaptable, and magnificent - you have this team to thank. The list of platforms this team handles includes: iOS & Android; Smart TVs like Samsung, LG, Chromecast, Roku, & Amazon; game consoles like Xbox and PlayStation; and desktop & mobile web browsers.
As a member of our DE&ET's web team you'll get to build exciting experiences on our core streaming product to engage our customers and help them discover the best Disney stories to watch and enjoy with their family! You will get to partner with several teams to help lead product features from ideation to building and shipping them with quality. You will be surrounded by colleagues eager to help you succeed and be part of an ambitious, impactful, rewarding culture.
The Lead Software Engineer will serve as the technical resource and "go-to" person, solving sophisticated technical challenges across teams, and finding opportunities to improve systems, products, and services!
**Responsibilities**
+ Lead large initiatives and help architect and develop core site functionality using JavaScript (ES6+) HTML and CSS.
+ Work on a modern stack including React, TypeScript, NodeJS, and Amazon Web Services.
+ Ideate with Product and Senior Leadership on potential new features and research applicable technologies and solutions.
+ Use industry standard methodologies to continually increase performance and scalability.
+ Setting up golden standards for code quality and reviewing pull requests to ensure product and design specifications are met.
+ Mentor and facilitate growth of senior engineers partnering with Engineering management.
+ Maintain and support production streaming applications at global scale.
**Basic Qualifications:**
+ 7+ years experience building highly scalable and performant web applications serving millions of users and requests.
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
+ Experience architecting sophisticated technical changes, to knowledge-share, and get consensus for their solutions.
+ Mature understanding of front-end web development technologies and principles (i.e. JavaScript (ES6+) HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, NodeJS, and Amazon Web Services).
+ Experience working within a modern JavaScript workflow through technologies such as: Git, CSS Preprocessors, Styled Components, Single Page Application frameworks and Module Bundlers (Webpack, etc.).
+ Proven track record to research solutions to complex problems and being able to work across multiple teams to implement solutions.
+ Highly accountable with the ability to lead projects from beginning to end; designing workflows, breaking down and implementing tasks.
+ Writes well-documented, clear, and high quality code with tests.
+ Quickly learn, understand, and adapt to new technologies; identifying root causes and driving solutions to complex problems.
+ Ability to support and mentor senior developers by building trust, identifying goals, encouraging, instructing, and providing constructive feedback.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experience with streaming video, large data applications, and analytics suites.
+ Knowledge of SEO, accessibility, observability and web performance metrics.
+ Experience integrating with REST and/or GraphQL APIs.
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA and Bristol, CT is $152,200 to 204,100 per year, in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $59,500 to 213,900 per year, and in San Francisco, CA is 166,800 to 223,600 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
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Lead Software Engineer - Roku/Brightscript
Posted 3 days ago
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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.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
***This position is for a US based employee and can sit remotely, or in any of our technology offices listed above***
**Job Summary:**
The Walt Disney Company has a rich tradition of creating innovative products and magical experiences for millions of people around the world. Software Engineers are at the heart of that innovation and magic, building platforms, services, tools and infrastructure for an unmatched collection of content and brands such as Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and ABC.
As a Lead Software Engineer for the Roku Client Application team, you'll be part of the team that builds our Direct-to-Consumer client apps, such as Disney+, Star+, ESPN and Hulu on Roku streaming devices and smart TVs. We're looking for an engineer who, ideally, has experience in BrightScript and is ready to write client apps that provide the best experiences for our viewers.
If you:
+ Employ a flexible attitude and can work constructively in a diverse team setting
+ Value learning and being exposed to new experiences
+ Demonstrate determination in finding solutions to complex puzzles
+ Have the curiosity to research and learn new technologies
+ Care about bringing people closer to their world
then working at Disney is unlike anything else. We have the latest technology, game-changing ideas, and world-class talent. Come be a part of our team and help us find new ways to interact with users, however and wherever they connect with our brands!
**Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:**
+ Be a critical member of a team of engineers responsible for building our client app experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku SceneGraph SDK
+ Contribute to the development of new application features from on-boarding to browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more. If you see it on screen, you'll likely have a chance to work on it in code
+ Have the opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, such as JavaScript- & React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services
+ Work with Roku to vet new hardware, firmware and certification requirements from a client application perspective
+ Collaborate closely with our client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations
**Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:**
**Basic Qualifications**
+ At least 7 years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with at least 2 years BrightScript experience
+ Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture
+ Candidates will be expected to be proficient in technical design and development of generalized solutions, such as reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic that can be consumed by multiple applications
+ Demonstrated ability to research and learn new technologies
+ Strong communication skills and attention to detail
+ Driven and self motivated
+ Candidates should have experience mentoring junior level team members
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Extensive experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations
+ Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns, architectures, and approaches to present a data-driven UX to viewers
+ Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs
+ Experience working on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities
+ Experience with configuration-driven development
+ Experience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques
+ Experience creating and extending templated controls, and writing custom controls
+ Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code
+ Experience with unit testing and related patterns
+ Familiarity with streaming media technologies such as HLS, DRM, HDCP, SSAI, SGAI
+ Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development
+ Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS
**Required Education**
BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent
The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $152,200 - $04,100, Seattle, WA / New York, NY is 159,500 to 213,900 per year and in San Francisco, CA is 166,800 to 223,600 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Principal Software Engineer - iOS, Swift
Posted 3 days ago
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**About the Role & Team**
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:
**1. 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
**2. 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.
**3. Innovation:** We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
**Job Summary**
The Apple team responsible for building Disney+ is seeking a Principal Software Engineer who will be an outstanding addition to our team. This is an opportunity to work on apps such as Disney+ with some of the greatest minds in streaming media. If tackling interesting technical challenges while developing industry leading apps used by tens of millions of people excites you, then this is the role for you.
Why you want to work with us:
+ Nurture a highly collaborative, world-class team of software engineers
+ Work on a cutting-edge and evolving technology stack
+ Own substantial features shipped to millions of users
+ Influence the innovation of high-profile products used globally
+ Join an inclusive culture that incorporates diverse perspectives and supports individual needs
**Role Location:** This is a Hybrid role requiring 4 days onsite (Monday-Thursday) in one of the following office locations:
+ Seattle, WA
+ New York, NY
+ Santa Monica, CA
+ Glendale, CA
**Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:**
+ Oversee development of feature-rich native iOS, tvOS and visionOS applications for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro
+ Identify areas for growth within the team processes and develop new systems for collaboration
+ Write clear, well-tested, performant code
+ Lead efforts to create sustainable, well-architected, long-lasting solutions for our most challenging opportunities
+ Guide an agile squad participating in the full lifecycle of application development, including being the key point of contact for entire initiatives
+ Mentor leads and senior team members and support peers through code review and pair programming
+ Create opportunities to learn and teach others
+ Work across multiple teams to drive initiatives to success
+ Work with product, design, services and QA partners to define what we should build and how we should build it
**Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:**
+ Expert knowledge of Swift, Apple Frameworks, and the Xcode ecosystem
+ Experience leading a team, including delegating responsibility and balancing competing priorities
+ Experience integrating with backend systems , web services, and third-party software
+ Hold high standards of quality for both the codebases you contribute to and the applications you build
+ A growth mindset towards learning, experience mentoring others, and a desire to give and receive feedback
+ Experience composing and presenting thoughtful and implementable solutions to a variety of stakeholders (technical and non-technical)
+ Experience working across multiple organizations to deliver complex solutions with many dependencies
The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $184,300 to $47,100 per year, is 193,100 to 258,900 per year in Seattle, WA and is 193,100 to 258,900 per year in New York City, NY. 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 ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Staff Software Engineer, Level 6
Posted 3 days ago
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Snap Engineering ( teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We're deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values ( are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.
We're looking for a Software Engineer to join Snap Inc on our Core Infrastructure team!
What you'll do:
+ Design, build, and optimize large-scale caching systems (Redis/KeyDB/Valkey, custom proxy layers or custom client lib).
+ Develop and maintain high-performance caching proxies or client side libraries for request routing, connection coalescing, and slot-aware load balancing.
+ Implement robust failover, replication, and cluster topology management and optimize cpu performance, memory usage, persistence, and eviction strategies for low-latency workloads.
+ Enhance observability: metrics, tracing, and debugging tools for cache infra.
+ Drive benchmarking, tuning, and capacity planning for 125M+ QPS scale.
+ Evaluate the technical tradeoffs of major decisions and be a strong technical mentor
+ Collaborate with infra, storage, and application teams to integrate caching into critical paths.
+ Contribute to code quality via reviews, documentation, and deep dives into caching internals.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
+ Hands-on knowledge of large-scale caching systems like Redis/KeyDB/Valkey.
+ Background with building high availability and mission critical distributed systems
+ Experience with Java, Go, C++, and/or Python
+ Ability leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives
+ Ability to proactively learn new concepts and apply them at work
Minimum Qualifications:
+ Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent experience
+ 9+ years industry software engineering experience
+ Experience with large scale distributed systems, and Cloud Computing
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience with Service Oriented architectures and Service Mesh
+ Experience promoting operational excellence, leading incident management, and post mortems
+ Experience with building and maintaining mission-critical and highly-available global distributed systems
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't be shy and provide us some information ( .
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At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).
Our Benefits ( : Snap Inc. is its own community, so we've got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
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The base salary range for this position is $229,000-$43,000 annually.
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The base salary range for this position is 218,000- 326,000 annually.
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The base salary range for this position is 195,000- 292,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
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