5014 Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC

Design and implement media playback features and collaborate on API design for Disney's streaming platforms. | Requires 5+ years iOS development with Swift and UIKit/SwiftUI experience, plus strong collaboration and communication skills. | Job Posting Title: Sr Product Software Engineer Req ID: 10152988 Job Description: 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 The Disney Media Player Engineering team mission is to design video streaming playback solutions in collaboration with encoding, packaging, and delivery teams to optimize the Disney streaming technology stack for the best streaming experience possible on all platforms. Our team is seeking someone who can fill the role of a Senior Software Engineer to create a feature rich standard streaming media playback library on Apple devices. Our intention is to design and develop a layered architecture for media playback which can span all the Disney direct-to-consumer brands like Disney+, ESPN, ABC News, and Hulu. Your focus will be on collaborating with media playback teams on other platforms to ensure a consistent software architecture which delivers a best-in-class streaming experience for your viewers while providing a foundation for media playback innovation at Disney. This is a hands-on engineering position for the Apple Ecosystem in Objective-C/SWIFT. Based on your experience, you will work a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, Web Developers, and Content Creators to conceptualize and develop solutions that are shared across all Disney experiences. You are a person who enjoys working with other teams and technologies to understand their constraints. You enjoy the challenges presented by difficult problems and take pride in finding solutions which successfully thread the needle between design constraints, technical constraints, and the end experience of your users. You foster trust, approach problems with empathy and respect, and embrace creativity. Responsibilities: Design and implement solutions in collaboration with team-members for new features which integrate with various Disney media services and back-ends. Collaborative API design with peer teams on API Services as well as front-end teams which depend on our libraries. Research and development for media playback experiences, integration, and testing. Participate in project estimation and resource planning. Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization. Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across our various platforms. Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as ability to work independently. Specialize in Apple technologies such as UIKit, SwiftUI, AVKit and StoreKit to build a world-class application. Minimum Qualifications: At least 5 years of industry experience in iOS software development, 3 of which have been spent using Swift At least 5 years of industry experience implementing complex user interfaces using Apple's UIKit or SwiftUI. You have at least 3 years of experience in agile processes to help the team be effective and efficient. Able to demonstrate experience in the full lifecycle of software development. Early stage, maintenance, and end of life. An understanding of the trade-offs of using different design patterns, such as MVC or MVVM. Knowledgeable in programming paradigms including Object Oriented and Reactive. Understanding of iOS/TVOS app development lifecycle. Experience in Object Oriented Programming. Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing improvements, user-facing features, or fixing defects – through collaboration with senior team members. Experience with unit test frameworks and continuous integration systems Strong verbal and written communication skills Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with streaming technologies including HLS, MPEG-DASH, Transport Stream, and CMAF Experience with AVFoundation and its ecosystem Experience developing applications in all Apple platforms including iPhone, iPad, and TVOS. Required Education Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience The hiring range for this position in San Francisco is $155,400 to $208,400 per year, the hiring range in Seattle/New York, NY is $148,700.00 to $199,400 .00 per year. For Glendale the hiring range for this position is $141,900 to $190,300 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. Job Posting Segment: Product Engineering Job Posting Primary Business: PE - Streaming Frontend Primary Job Posting Category: Product Software Engineering Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Seattle, WA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave, USA - CA - Market St, USA - NY - 7 Hudson Square Date Posted: 2026-06-18 Learn more about us.

Design, develop, and support scalable cloud-based event-streaming and integration platforms with technical leadership and mentorship. | 7+ years software engineering experience with Java, Terraform, AWS, Kafka, and microservices architecture, plus strong problem-solving and communication skills. | Job Posting Title: Lead Software Engineer - Data Streaming/Integration Platforms Req ID: 10142947 Job Description: Role Location: This is an on-site role requiring 4 days in-person at designated office location. 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. Product Engineering 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: We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to help build, enhance, and scale our cloud‑based messaging and integration platforms. In this role, you will design, develop, and support event‑streaming solutions at scale. You will also build and maintain custom microservices based applications that provide platform administration, operational tooling, and integrations with enterprise products and third‑party systems. Beyond hands-on development, you will serve as a key technical leader—setting architectural direction, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and championing best practices in software development, cost‑efficient architecture, and maintainable design. This role offers the opportunity to shape core platform strategy, lead complex distributed systems engineering, and collaborate across the organization to deliver high‑quality, reliable, and scalable products. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Build, enhance, and support highly scalable, reliable, and cost‑optimized cloud‑based event‑streaming and integration platforms. Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines to deploy and manage cloud resources. Enhance and support Spring Boot/Java microservices based applications for administration and operation of messaging platform. Design, develop and support integration services connecting enterprise products and third‑party systems. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and conduct code reviews. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑impact solutions. Ensure performance, reliability, and observability across the platforms. Champion engineering excellence in areas such as IaC, microservices design, price-performance optimization, and observability. Continuously improve platform automation, monitoring, and self‑service capabilities. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering with a strong focus on Java, Infrastructure as Code Extensive hands-on experience designing and supporting cloud solutions in AWS, including container orchestration using Amazon EKS Extensive “Infrastructure as Code” experience, with advanced proficiency in Terraform for provisioning and automating cloud resources Extensive hands-on experience in administrating, deploying, and optimizing messaging platform, especially Apache Kafka Proficient in Spring Boot / Java development, with a strong focus on microservices architecture. Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues. Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across teams. Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team. Preferred Qualifications Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems preferred Familiarity with Amazon Q or similar generative AI‑assistant for cloud development, troubleshooting, and code generation. Familiarity with Azure and GCP cloud services, including compute, networking, IAM, and container orchestration. Familiarity with multi‑region, high‑availability, or disaster recovery architectures. Required Education Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience The hiring range for this position in CT is $155,700 - $208,700 per year and in NY is $159,500 - $213,900 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. Job Posting Segment: PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Tech Enablement Job Posting Primary Business: PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Enablement - Infrastructure Engineering Primary Job Posting Category: Software Engineer Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Bristol, CT, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: USA - NY - 7 Hudson Square Date Posted: 2026-03-23 Learn more about us.

Develop and optimize backend services for Disney's streaming platforms, ensuring high performance and scalability. | 3+ years software engineering experience, proficiency in Java and OOP languages, backend design, and strong computer science fundamentals. | Job Posting Title: Software Engineer - Java Req ID: 10141160 Job Description: 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. The Product & Data Engineering team is responsible for end to end development for Disney’s world-class consumer-facing products, including streaming platforms Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, and digital products & experiences across ESPN, Marvel, Disney Studios, NatGeo, and ABC News. The team drives innovation at scale for millions of consumers around the world across Apple, Android, Smart TVs, game consoles, and the web, with our platforms powering core experiences like personalization, search, messaging and data. 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. The Data Transformation team builds systems that provide data to teams across Disney Streaming. We implement reliable services that deliver data that helps power user experiences for Disney Streaming clients including Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+, across web, mobile, and living room devices. Job Summary for the Data Ingestion & Data Store (DIDS) Team: The DIDS Team is part of the derivative authority distribution platform (ADDP), which derives new types based on business rules and consumer needs. The DIDS team is responsible for ingesting data from root authorities and making it available for both offline and online transformation. As a Software Engineer on the team, they would collaborate closely with engineers, project managers, and product managers to find the best solution for our viewers. They would be responsible for building high-performance, stable, and scalable systems in which the code is easy to read, well tested, and adheres to best practices. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Write code to implement new features or optimize existing services. Test code through various means: unit tests, integration tests, performance tests, etc. Participate in the code review process by providing feedback on pull requests Participate in on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents. Actively participate in team ceromancies and activities like stand-ups, scrum-ceremonies, high-level architecture discussions and breakdown and estimation of tasks. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications: 3+ years of experience in software engineering Proficient in Java and at least one other OOP language such as Kotlin, Scala, Python, Go, JavaScript or TypeScript Experience using source control systems and CI/CD pipelines. Able to design backend architectures. Knowledge of caching technologies. Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) Strong understanding of design patterns and principles. Knowledge of asynchronous programming. Strong communication skills and a desire to share your knowledge with team members and others at Disney. Preferred Qualifications: Experience deploying and scaling within a cloud infrastructure. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.). Experience with functional programming patterns. Experience with: Datadog, New Relic or similar application monitoring software Interacting with relational databases as well as NoSQL databases Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) Understanding of source control concepts and exposure to Git Build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker Required Education BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience. The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $123,000 - $165,000 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. Job Posting Segment: Product Engineering Job Posting Primary Business: PE - Streaming Backend Primary Job Posting Category: Software Engineer Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: New York, NY, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted: 2026-02-06 Learn more about us.

Serve as platform expert supporting content platform products, engaging stakeholders, and driving operational excellence. | Bachelor's degree with 3+ years supporting clients in technology/product environments, strong communication and organizational skills. | Job Posting Title: Solutions Engineer - Support Req ID: 10146227 Job Description: Department/Group Overview: 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: 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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 Platforms organization is seeking a Solutions Engineer II to join our Media Product Operations Team. Our team strives to deliver operational excellence by elevating and evangelizing the Content Platforms products and services to our various business partners. In this role, you will be responsible for the enablement of our content platforms products and tools, working closely with our Product management and Engineering partners to sustain and improve current products, launch new systems, and support clients as they navigate our platforms to operate their business. This role will serve as a key touchpoint for business partners, responsible for participating in the product lifecycle and being a subject matter expert on process workflows and functional requirements. In addition, the role will own documenting new features and disseminating those updates to the customers through coordinating user acceptance testing, conducting user trainings, and crafting release and informational communications. Finally, this role will lead best practices for metrics reporting, providing stakeholders with monthly performance retrospectives, and translating raw metrics into actionable insights. The ideal candidate must work well in a collaborative environment and be able to define and implement processes that effectively deliver on the Product Operations team’s mission.  Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Serve as a platform expert, analyzing customer requests, identifying and documenting patterns and trends, and providing actionable insights to Product and Engineering for system improvements Support for customer issues such as solving usage problems and fulfilling service desk requests that need IT involvement. If no solution is available, would escalate incidents to core engineering or vendor team Own stakeholder engagement, including relationship management, addressing support inquiries, troubleshooting of potential issues, performing trainings, and onboarding users to new products Own communication to product end users, including feature release notes, project updates, and other announcements Create, facilitate, and deliver root cause analysis reports for critical outage incidents to internal teams and customers Perform onboarding of new users and participate in user audits Participate in larger organizational Product Operations initiatives, such as crafting evergreen documentation, executing strategic communication plans, and defining processes that contribute to an improved team working culture Flexibly support evolving business priorities as needed to help achieve business objectives for the Product Operations team Demonstrate a commitment to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for all team members Experience or strong curiosity in applying AI/ML and automation solutions to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and increase support team productivity. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Bachelor’s degree and equivalent professional experience. Minimum 3 years of experience in a professional role, preferably supporting clients in a technology/product environment Familiarity with content distribution and enterprise systems, such as content, asset, and metadata management Experience working within a defect management process, providing a link between Product/Engineering and end users, translating highly technical concepts to more human-friendly terms Excellent communication skills – with a bent towards customer service, an ability to navigate both internal and external stakeholders, and a talent to distill information accurately and convey it (verbally and/or written) to business partners and internal technology teams Experience crafting a range of documents, from documentation/operational guides to formal announcements/release notes Strong prioritization and organization skills with experience juggling time-sensitive requests from multiple business partners Energetic self-starter with a technical aptitude, a logical approach to problem solving, and demonstrates determination in finding solutions to complex puzzles Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and matrixed organization, executing on several initiatives concurrently while balancing competing priorities Enthusiastic about helping people, solving problems, and championing products The hiring range for this position in CT is $97,500 to $130,700 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. Job Posting Segment: Content Platforms & Operations Job Posting Primary Business: CPO - Content Platforms Primary Job Posting Category: Solutions Engineering Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Bristol, CT, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted: 2026-04-27 Learn more about us.