Senior Software Engineer I

Job Posting Title:

Senior Software Engineer I

Req ID:

10161320

Job Description:

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.

Job Summary:

We're looking for a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to join our Data Foundation Platform team. We build the cloud platform and services used by data engineering teams and data scientists across Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology, particularly for processing data from our streaming and web-based businesses (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and others).

We're looking for an engineer who is excited to build the user interfaces and frontend experiences that data engineering teams rely on every day — including dashboards, query builders, metadata explorers, and chat-based analytics tools. The successful candidate will have a passion for crafting polished, performant web applications and solid coding skills. Knowledge of specific technologies is helpful but less important than the ability to learn quickly. We value team members who aren't afraid to dive deep when required, think for themselves, and have strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Summarize job responsibilities, core deliverables and major duties. What is required for the position to exist?

●Build and maintain the user interfaces of our Data Platform end-to-end, including dashboards, query builders, metadata explorers, and chat-based analytics tools used by data scientists, analysts, and business partners across the company.

●Build and extend shared frontend libraries and reusable UI components that encapsulate business logic and enable consistent behavior across customer-facing surfaces.

●Contribute to maintaining, evolving, and expanding existing Data Platform frontends using modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript), integrating with backend services through API frameworks such as GraphQL.

●Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to turn requirements intowell-built features and polished user experiences.

●Engage with platform customers to understand their workflows and ship improvements that make their day-to-day better.

●Help ensure the operational quality of Data Platform frontend projects and actively participate in agile/scrum ceremonies.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications

●5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production frontend systems.

●Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks, particularly React.

●Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, responsive design, accessibility, and browser performance.

●Experience integrating frontend applications with APIs (REST and/or GraphQL).

●Experience collaborating across teams and contributing to technical designs.

●Working experience with AWS (or a comparable cloud), including CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows for web applications.

Preferred Qualifications

●Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., D3, Recharts, Plotly) and building data-dense interfaces.

●Exposure to backend or data engineering concepts, including distributed systems and any of: Python, Java, Airflow, Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, Delta Lake.

●Familiarity with search/graph systems (OpenSearch, Neptune) and API frameworks (GraphQL).

●Familiarity with state management patterns (e.g., Redux, React Query) and testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library).

Required Education

●Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.

Job Posting Segment:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Commerce, Data & Identity

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Bangalore, India

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2026-10-05