QA Engineer I

Job Posting Title:

QA Engineer I

Req ID:

10151814

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.  

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 engineering, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. 

Job Summary

The DEEP & Technology team is looking for a QA Engineer I to join our expanding quality engineering efforts supporting the Disney Media Player across clients and devices. You will contribute to test automation frameworks and quality processes for media player verification across web, mobile, connected TV, and gaming console platforms, working alongside experienced engineers who will help you grow your skills.

Your work will help ensure that the Disney Media Player delivers seamless, high-quality streaming experiences to millions of viewers. You’ll ensure the integrity and performance of playback across diverse device platforms and network conditions. You’ll help maintain reliable player behavior by catching integration and service-level issues early in the development cycle.

When these systems work as intended, they drive better customer experiences, increase trust in our platform, and reduce costs associated with bugs in production. As an QA Engineer I, you will contribute to test automation efforts, participate in quality initiatives, and develop your skills within a culture of engineering excellence.

This is a great opportunity to be part of a talented and collaborative team, with mentorship and support to grow your technical abilities. The ideal candidate is curious, eager to learn, and motivated to build a career in quality engineering.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape quality across core pillars of our business and want your work to be impactful and visible at all levels, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities include:

• Work closely with Software Engineers to understand the Disney Media Player and its cross-device ecosystem at DEEP&T

• Develop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API and Integration levels of testing using JS/Node or other modern languages

• Participate in design discussions for our platform to help evolve the platform in a way that enables richer testing scenarios that simplify defect detection and prevention

• Assist with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams.

• Contribute to end-to-end acceptance tests

• Where necessary, develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means

• Drive the conversion of manual tests to automated whenever possible

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

• Entry-level and/or hands-on software test development experience, including academic projects or internships

• Passion around driving best practices in the testing space

• Foundational knowledge of JS/Node, Python, or other modern OO languages

• Interest in test automation across multiple device platforms (smart TVs, set-top boxes, mobile, web, gaming consoles)

• Interest in streaming media concepts (playback quality, ABR, DRM, codec behavior)

• Interest in building or improving test automation frameworks .

• Exposure to or interest in CICD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools.

• Understanding of Behavior and Test Driven Development

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams

• B.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent degree or work experience)

Job Posting Segment:

Product Engineering

Job Posting Primary Business:

PE - India Product & Technology

Primary Job Posting Category:

Quality Assurance Engineering

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Bangalore, India

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2026-06-25