Senior Software Engineer
Jetzt bewerben Später bewerben Job ID 10135335 Standort Glendale, Kalifornien, USA / Bristol, Connecticut, USA / New York City, New York, USA Veröffentlichungsdatum 07/11/2025 Unternehmen Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & TechnologyJob-Zusammenfassung:
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:
- 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.
- 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.
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:
The Content Product & Operations team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer that will drive the design and implementation of our next generation temporal and descriptive metadata tagging platform.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be expected to develop backend solutions in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment using your technical skill sets, working with product managers and team leads to deliver high quality products that are scalable and robust. You will be expected to work closely on solutions with peers in a cross-functional environment to ensure we are delivering high quality products that align to the larger business initiatives within the digital media supply chain that support Disney’s TV, broadcast, theatrical, and direct –to-consumer lines of business.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, & deploy high quality application code.
- Provide technical guidance and evangelize best practices
- Contribute and review code, set standards, and work with engineers to ensure product and design specifications are met
- Responsible for fundamental platform performance, scalability, and resiliency
- Partner with stakeholders to refine requirements, and propose solutions to problems that span multiple teams
- Mentor junior engineers on the team
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of related software development experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
- Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations
- Enjoy working within a team setting of engineers of varying experience
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail
- Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous work experience in temporal and descriptive video tagging/ad marking
- Knowledge of performance testing, application profiling, Java heap and thread dump analysis
- Knowledge of video, audio, and subtitle formats, codecs, wrappers, and usages.
- Knowledge of media standards and specifications such as SMPTE
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The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA and Bristol, CT is $141,900 to $190,300 per year, and in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 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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DISNEYTECHÜber Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Bei Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology vereinen wir Fantasie und Innovation, um die Art und Weise neu zu erfinden, wie Menschen die beliebtesten Geschichten und Produkte der Welt erleben und mit ihnen interagieren. Unsere Arbeit ist vielfältig und anspruchsvoll. Wir schaffen erstaunliche Erlebnisse, transformieren die Zukunft der Medien und entwickeln Produkte und Plattformen, die Menschen überall mit den Geschichten und Sportarten verbinden, die sie lieben.
Disneys Fähigkeit, erstklassige Technologie mit einzigartiger Kreativität zu verbinden, macht uns einzigartig. Es ist der Mittelpunkt unserer Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft. Wir sind Erzähler und Innovatoren. Kreative und Erbauer. Entertainer und Ingenieure.
Über The Walt Disney Company:
Die Walt Disney Company ist zusammen mit ihren Tochtergesellschaften und verbundenen Unternehmen ein führendes, diversifiziertes internationales Familienunterhaltungs- und Medienunternehmen mit folgenden Geschäftsbereichen: Disney Entertainment, ESPN sowie Disney Experiences. Von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen als Zeichentrickfilmstudio in den 1920er Jahren bis zu seiner aktuellen Vorreiterrolle in der Unterhaltungsindustrie trägt Disney stolz sein Erbe weiter und bietet Geschichten und Erlebnisse von Weltklasse, die alle Familienmitglieder bezaubern. Disneys Geschichten, Figuren und Abenteuer erreichen Verbraucher und Gäste aus allen Teilen der Welt. Gemeinsam schaffen unsere Mitarbeiter und Darsteller aus Niederlassungen in über 40 Ländern der Welt Unterhaltungserlebnisse, die sowohl auf globaler Ebene als auch im heimischen Umfeld begeistern.
Diese Position ist bei Disney Streaming Technology LLC, das Teil eines Geschäftssegments ist, das wir Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology nennen.
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