Principal Software Engineer - Android
Jetzt bewerben Später bewerben Job ID 10135020 Standort San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA / New York City, New York, USA Veröffentlichungsdatum 30/10/2025 Unternehmen Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & TechnologyJob-Zusammenfassung:
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.
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 assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
Job Summary:
Disney's Android team is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer who is excited to build apps enjoyed by millions around the world. You will be building scalable, elegant solutions for the Android applications on Disney+ and Star+ across a wide array of devices including phones, tablets, and TVs. Our highly collaborative group works in tandem with many cross-functional teams. We value pristine communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as a bias for action. We are incredibly invested in maintaining high code quality standards with unit tests, automated tests, modern libraries, and a Kotlin codebase. We strive to build the best Live and video-on-demand (VOD) applications in the world, and we look forward to hearing more about your skills and how they can help us achieve this lofty goal.
Responsibilities:
As a Principal Software Engineer on the Disney+ Android team, you will serve as a technical cornerstone, driving the architecture and innovation of an application enjoyed by millions of users. You will be accountable for the application's long-term health, scalability, and technical excellence across the vast Android ecosystem.
Architectural Vision & Technical Roadmap: Define and drive the long-term architectural vision and technical roadmap for the Disney+ Android applications across phones, tablets, and TV devices.
Cross-functional partnership: Collaborate with product, UX/UI, and others to influence product strategy.
Full-Stack Application Impact: Demonstrate versatile expertise by designing and implementing solutions across all feature areas of the application, from user onboarding and content discovery to core video playback.
Platform Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert for the Android platform, guiding the team in preparing for new OS versions and navigating the diverse ecosystem of phone, tablet, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV devices.
Development of core components to be utilized across the Disney+ Android application.
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of 10 years of relevant Android experience
Demonstrated ability to own and lead large, complex, and/or highly innovative development projects from start to finish.
Deep and broad technical knowledge reaching subject matter expertise in several key areas of software engineering, including architectural patterns (MVI/MVVM or equivalent).
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas, anticipate objections, and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
Ability to not only write phenomenal code and tests, but also to own system architecture documentation and review the code and solution designs of multiple teams, providing valuable feedback.
Experience proactively mentoring and assisting in the growth of senior and lead software developers and their peers across teams
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience refactoring large and complex codebases
Familiarity with Android TV / Amazon Fire TV development
Experience with streaming video, codecs, and DRM
Knowledgeable about maintaining a large modularized codebase
Experience using performance evaluation tools such as Android Profiler
Experience with: Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Dependency Injection, Gradle, Databases, Reactive paradigms, coroutines.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience.
The hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $206,400 - $276,700 and in New York City, NY is $197,400 - $264,700. 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.
Über 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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