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Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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 believe 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 improve how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

**Media Engineering** is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels – including streaming, linear, and theatrical – so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business.

Tooling Ecosystem (TECO)

The Tooling Ecosystem team is responsible for the management of the Content Portal and CoCo applications. These applications provide mission-critical operator functionality for the maintenance and data accuracy of our streaming metadata. TECO ensures a high quality user experience for our operators; constantly updating our existing feature set and investigating new ideas to improve overall performance and interaction.

Responsibilities

+ Design and build robust software applications, utilizing software engineering to deliver high performance solutions.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product and engineering, to identify opportunities, business impact, and technical requirements.

+ Act in people supervisory capacity and serve as a technical leader, setting best practices and leading architectural discussions within the team.

+ Mentor, empower, and provide career growth opportunities for team members.

+ Prioritize tasks within a project to deliver high value initiatives, while anticipating and mitigating potential risk wherever possible.

+ Manage AWS infrastructure supporting the tooling ecosystems

+ Work on improving overall performance of the Content Portal and CoCo applications

+ Contribute to a culture of collaboration and innovation

+ Build quality products

+ Provide on-call rotational support as needed

Basic Qualifications

+ BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience required.

+ 7+ years of web development experience required

+ Experience building consumer-facing single-page applications in JavaScript

+ Experience developing rich, interactive and well-performing user interfaces using frameworks like React, Angular, Vue

+ Experience building services using REST and GraphQL

Preferred Qualifications

+ Previous work in a Scrum development environment

+ Experience writing unit tests / implementing test driven development processes

+ Experience writing Cypress test for visual automation

+ Domain knowledge software deployments

+ Experience with A/B Testing

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and in New York City, NY is $156,292 to $209,660 per year; the hiring range for this position in Santa Monica/Burbank/Glendale/L.A., California and in Bristol, Connecticut is $149,240 to $200,200; and the hiring range for this position in San Francisco, California is $163,426 to $219,230 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:** 10109804

**Location:** Santa Monica,California

**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment

The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. 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.