Disney Entertainment Looking for Software Engineer – Frontend at Santa Monica, CA Full Time

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.

As a member on the Web Commerce team, you’ll build the core sign-up, purchase, and subscription management experiences of our Web platform.

You will serve as a high level technical resource and “go-to” person, solving sophisticated technical challenges and finding opportunities to improve systems, products, and services!

Responsibilities

• Collaborates closely with product and project management to translate requirements into technical specifications and timelines while partnering with other engineering teams to deliver solutions.
• Write and maintain code quality through test driven development.
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation, knowledge-sharing, and technical investigations.
• Collaborate with Senior and Lead Engineers to building new features.
• Partner with UX to transform mock-ups into engaging, accessible web experiences.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience building highly scalable and performant modern Javascript/Typescript web applications.
• BS degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
• Writes well-documented, clear, and robust code.
• Solid understanding of web technologies and the browser environment.
• Previous experience integrating api specifications while collaborating with service teams.
• Excellent front-end debugging skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Shipped production level React/Node.js application with deployed to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS).
• Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals.
• Experience working in Agile environment.
• Strong knowledge to web standards and new technologies.

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and in New York, NY is $120,300 to $161,300 per year, the hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $114,900 to $154,100, and the hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $125,800 to $168,700 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.