Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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 transforming 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 maximize 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.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• 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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Consumer Software Engineering

• Consumer Software Engineering is all about the end user. This team manages all front-end development for the consumer-facing apps that house Disney’s portfolio of brands. For example, if you’re watching Disney+ on your Apple TV – and the interface is engaging, responsive, and seamless – you have this team to thank. The list of platforms this team manages includes: iOS & Android; Smart TVs like Samsung, LG, Chromecast, Roku, & Amazon; game consoles like Xbox and PlayStation; and desktop & mobile web browsers.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our Roku Client SDK team. This is an opportunity to help build SDKs and libraries for the Roku (Brightscript) based device platforms to be used in industry leading apps while getting to work closely with some of the greatest minds in the streaming media technology industry. You’ll be working on libraries that drive high profile features in apps like Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. Additionally, we build out cross platform API specifications and OS specific tooling. 

If joining a collaborative team environment and facing new challenges every day while your work gets used by millions of people excites you, then this is the role for you.

We offer a unique opportunity for any technologist:

• Working together with the best in the industry - an amazing team of developers in different languages, platforms and technologies. From server side teams, to media delivery, DRM and streaming techs.
• Growing yourself as a developer.
• Participate in a large Roku development team of individuals with unique backgrounds.
• Contribute to our internal tooling ranging from build tooling and code generation to testing.
• A working environment that values equality and diversity, knowledge-sharing and personal/professional development.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Collaborate
  • You’ll meet with engineers and product owners to create requirements, identify common problems and work toward solutions.
  • Support app teams that utilize the SDKs and libraries your team creates.
• Design
  • You’ll construct APIs that are simple and elegant, with input from the core team and integrating engineers.
• Develop
  • You’ll create new APIs, help improve existing frameworks, and spearhead new features.
• Test and maintain
  • You’ll ensure and maintain quality through integration and unit tests, and investigate issues in the wild.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building highly scalable and performant production level applications.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Brightscript.
• Proven architectural skills and ability to communicate about software processes, architectures and design patterns.
• Experience collaborating with team members.
• Experience with source control.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Test Driven Development process and procedures.
• Experience with networking technologies such as HTTP and WebSockets and the ability to use web debugging tools such as Charles.
• Experience with developing in a scripting language..
• Debugging and optimization skills.
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills, being a team player.
• Experience designing APIs and architecting systems used by multiple clients
• Experience developing user-facing applications across connected devices and platforms
• Experience developing libraries used by other developers
• Experience with video playback
• Understanding of concurrency and asynchronous architecture

Required Education  

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training or work experience.

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $123,000 - $165,000 per year and in San Francisco is $128,700 - $172,500 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.