Senior Software Engineer I

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Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disneys 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 Disneys 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 Companys 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 youd love working here:

the future of Disneys media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media advertising and distribution businesses for years to come.

Scale & Impact: More than ever Disneys technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans connections with the companys brands and stories. Disney. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC Newsand many more. These products and brands and the unmatched stories storytellers and events they carry matter to millions of people glo

bally.

: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Commerce Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas

crucial to Disneys 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.

Summary:

Were seeking a skilled Full-Stack Software Engineer to design and build intuitivehigh-quality user experiences backed by secure scalable and high-performance systems that power Disneys technology this role youll work across the stackshaping polished front-end interfaces while also contributing to the backend services that support them.

As part of a collaborative engineering team youll help deliver tools and applications used across Disneys diverse portfolio including Disney Hulu ESPN and more. Your work will directly impact how internal teams and systems interact with critical platforms emphasizing usability reliability and thoughtful design.

Youll collaborate closely with product managers designers and other engineers to translate complex requirements into elegant solutions. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys owning features end-to-end cares deeply about user experience and values strong engineering fundamentals across both frontend and backend systems.

The ideal candidate is a well-rounded engineer with strong front-end instincts solid backend experience and a passion for building systems that are both powerful and pleasant to use. While experience with specific technologies is valuable curiosity adaptability and a collaborative mindset matter just as much.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Design build and maintain user-facing applications with an emphasis

on usability performance accessibility and visual polish

Implement and evolve backend services APIs and data integrations

that support front-end functionality and system workflows

Collaborate with designers and product managers to translate

requirements and designs into high-quality production-ready features

Implement full-stack solutions using modern frameworks tools and

programming languages appropriate to the problem space

Build and maintain secure scalable systems across cloud and onprem

environments

Ensure end-to-end reliability through testing observability alerting

and operational best practices

Partner with other engineering teams to integrate with internal

platforms and shared services

Engage with internal users to understand their needs and deliver

intuitive efficient tools and interfaces

Maintain clear technical documentation to support adoption ongoing

development and compliance requirements

Required Education Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications

5 years of professional software development experience including both

front-end and backend work

Strong experience building modern front-end applications using contemporary

frameworks and tooling

Proven experience designing and implementing backend services APIs and

data models

Demonstrated success delivering production-ready features or systems used

by real users at scale

Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and one modern

front-end framework

Hands-on experience with modern architectural paradigms such as

microservices event-driven systems and containerization (e.g. Docker

Kubernetes)

Solid understanding of web fundamentals including performance security

accessibility and browser behavior

Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS GCP or Azure with a

preference for AWS

Ability to produce clear architectural artifacts technical documentation and

design decision records

Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across

technical and non-technical teams

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field

Strong design sensibility or experience collaborating closely with UX/UI

designers

Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new technologies through

experimentation or proof-of-concept work

Interest in solving complex evolving technical or business problems

Passion for building clean maintainable systems with a strong focus on user

experience

Experience working on large-scale or high-availability platforms

Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of personal work (e.g.

GitHub) showcasing full-stack development

Required Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Software Electrical or Electronics Engineering or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience

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