Sr Software Engineer

Job Posting Title:

Sr Software Engineer

Req ID:

10160009

Job Description:

Department/Group Overview:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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.

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

Job Summary:

• In This role will work within the Front-end Web and Experience team and will be primarily responsible for building out various tools to empower workflows and reporting on the digital supply chain. You’ll also be a critical developer building shared libraries and services to empower all the Content Platforms engineering teams. Lastly, you’ll build out enhanced AI capabilities to accelerate the development process, taking products faster from ideation and POC phase to quality production level software.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Creating and maintaining shared JavaScript libraries and UI components. Driving efficiency at scale for front-end development
• Implementing business logic of various tool workflows.
• Reviewing others JavaScript and TypeScript code.
• Acting as a tech leader for various projects and initiatives.
• Employ test driven development and agile development practices.
• Partnering with product and program partners for delivery
• Understand performance and scalability of various systems
• Provide technical support for outages and incidents
• Other duties as needed to achieve business objectives

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

• Basic Qualifications
  • Mastery of HTTP server and proxy technologies such as HA Proxy, NGINX, Apache
  • Mastery of ReactJS
  • Extensive experience with NodeJS, and/or Java/Kotlin programming.
  • Extensive experience with cloud native technologies such as AWS EC2, Fargate, and Cloudfront.
  • Experience with frontend web development technologies and principles
  • Experience with task automation
  • Ability to research, learn, assess, and evangelize new technologies
  • Strong communication skills and attention to detail
  • Driven and self-motivated
• Additional desired qualifications
  • Previous work experience in media distribution
  • Experience building AI driven software
  • Experience working with vendor teams to deliver high quality results
  • Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling
  • Experience with React Native

• Education: BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum 5 experience years in web development or software engineering

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The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $141,900 - $190,300 and for Bristol, CT is $141,900 - $190,300. 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:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Content Platforms & Operations

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Glendale, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - CT - ESPN Building 11 - 220 Ronzo Rd

Date Posted:

2026-09-21