Senior Software Engineer ID - 13898

Job Summary:

Overview

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 redefining Disney’s 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 improve 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.

  • Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s 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 enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

This role is part of the Tools and Operations Engineering Team within the DE&E Business Operations organization. Our group is passionate about creatively building the best solutions to solve complex business problems. Individuals interested in joining our organization should be highly motivated and committed to lifelong learning and improving, both in and out of the office.

We strive to be flexible and adaptable to change, whether in the execution of projects or in the technologies we use to deliver our solutions. Members of this highly collaborative team rely on transparency, valuing the trust and relationships that evolve organically because of honesty and openness from both management and your peers. Success is not measured by individual accomplishments, but by the creation of innovative solutions delivered as a result of effective partnerships.

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer, the thing that sets you apart from other software engineers is your experience solving complex technical and business problems with very little guidance while ensuring alignment with company and team values and objectives. In addition, you may be responsible for leading other engineers. Your primary focus is as a contributor working to accomplish technical tasks through the application of your engineering skills, delegating to others where possible and appropriate.

We’re looking for someone with a proven track record and experience. You will develop and follow efficient, and effective best practices within the team. Our goal is to create an inclusive, cohesive, and productive team, built on trust and enthusiasm – and we want you to help build that culture! Your work will directly support applications in areas such as Service Management, Financial Management, Data Management, Knowledge Graph and Business Intelligence.

As a Senior Software Engineer, your main goal is to help the company get more value out of its applications by developing solutions to make them as useful, accurate, and secure as possible. To get this job done, you will work with a variety of programming languages such as JavaScript, SQL or other emerging languages and frameworks that you may need to learn on-the-fly. You will also be required to leverage and develop many cloud services within AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud to deliver solutions.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

  • Lead the design of solutions within the team to deliver on business and user requirements.

  • Contribute to code writing, development, and testing while providing leadership towards the completion of solutions.

  • Mentor and coach more junior members of the team helping to improve their skills, knowledge and productivity.

  • In this role, you will work with Applications and data in Service Management, Financial Management, and Service Portfolio areas.

  • Be the Security Champion, ensuring application and data security is at the center of all solutioning

General Responsibilities:

  • Design, write, test and deploy code to develop and support solutions.

  • Operate in a dynamic, quickly changing business environment, typically with little direct guidance, seek information on your own or in your team to understand complex integrations and challenges, and ideate innovative and creative solutions to navigate difficult obstacles and solve problems for the organization.

  • Contribute towards the end-to-end lifecycle of  solutions by engaging in activities such as: ideation, prototyping, building proofs of concept, research, design, architecture, planning, development, deployment, testing, documenting, maintaining, monitoring, fixing, upgrading, migrating, deprecating, and retiring systems or features.

  • Conduct research, discovery, prototyping, proof of concept implementation, and design concepts in order to prove and test ideas with end-users.

  • Participate in the technical evaluation and understanding of business needs to help gather requirements and provide estimates regarding the level of technical effort for various business needs.

  • Reviews code for correctness, and its impact on software and data architecture.

  • Maintain and sustain data solutions by identifying and fixing defects or quality gaps, perform system upgrades and migrations, and seek to improve on how we deliver value through iterative improvements.

  • Leverage Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment disciplines to streamline the deployment of code and to conduct quality engineering practices such as linting, code formatting, documentation, unit testing, integration testing, pipeline automation, etc.

  • Participate, if required, in regular sustainment rotations within the team, typically during business hours only, in which you share responsibilities of detecting and fixing system defects with others on your team.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Role-Specific Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in a Software Engineering discipline.

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.

  • Ability to write clean, maintainable, and scalable code.

  • Ability to mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews.

  • Strong proficiency in React.js and its ecosystem (Hooks, Context API, React Router, etc.).

  • Experience with state management libraries (Redux etc).

  • Knowledge of TypeScript for better type safety and scalability.

  • Understanding of modern UI/UX principles and component-driven development.

  • Strong experience with Node.js, Express.js, or NestJS for building APIs.

  • Proficiency in RESTful APIs and GraphQL development.

  • Knowledge of authentication & authorization (JWT, OAuth, OpenID).

  • Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.

  • Understanding of testing frameworks (Jest, Mocha, Cypress, JUnit).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Java (Spring Boot) for enterprise-level applications.

  • Experience with WebSockets for real-time applications.

  • Knowledge of event-driven architectures (AWS SNS/SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ).

  • Understanding of serverless functions (AWS Lambda, Firebase Functions).

  • Exposure to AI/ML integration in web applications.

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The hiring range for this position in Seattle is $145,400 to $195,000 per year and in California is $138,900 to $186,200 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.
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