Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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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. The Quality Assurance team is responsible for validating all work before it goes to production; this includes software, web, mobile, connected device applications, media, non-consumer facing products and more. Additionally, the Quality Assurance team creates and maintains the framework used for automation testing and is responsible for all performance testing. Responsibilities • Analyze requirements, user stories, and design documentation to ensure that they are clearly defined, complete, and testable • Create and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts to verify new and existing (regression) software functionality • Test the applications via Black Box, Regression, Release, Stress, and Negative testing methods • Contribute both to the definition and the enforcement of quality assurance processes and procedures based on best practice methodology Qualifications • Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experience • Minimum of 3 years of related work experience demonstrating proven ability with functional testing, including test case development, execution and defect management • Excellent solving skills to root cause sophisticated issues • Passion for quality with a no line of code written without testing mindset • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Experience collecting, reviewing, and updating requirements and/or user stories • Experience with SCRUM and other Agile development practices. • Ability to support and drive defect management • Highly flexible to quickly changing business needs and adoption of new technologies • Ability to create and maintain documentation, procedures, and work instructions for development or operations teams • Ability to work independently and deliver on agreed upon timelines The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $84,500 to $113,300 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.