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Join the Disney Streaming Team as a Lead Software Engineer and Revolutionize Quality Innovations Engineering Disney Streaming's Growth and Commerce organization is on a mission to elevate its testing capabilities and take them to the next level. We're seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to join our new Quality Innovations Engineering team, focusing on engineering support for testing across our platform. As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll play a critical role in identifying and preventing production issues for our Disney+, ESPN, and Hulu streaming applications, launching new initiatives faster, and reducing the time from discovery to fix for issues. About Disney Streaming Disney Streaming is a leading provider of streaming services, offering a wide range of content to millions of subscribers worldwide. Our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality streaming experiences, and we're looking for talented engineers like you to join our mission. Job Highlights • Location: Remote • Start Date: Immediate openings available • Compensation: Competitive salary ranging from $156,300 to $209,600 per year, depending on location and experience • Benefits: Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, including bonus and/or long-term incentive units What You'll Do As a Lead Software Engineer on our Quality Innovations Engineering team, you'll work closely with development and QA teams to understand upstream/downstream dependencies and facilitate the development of integration/end-to-end tests. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Collaborating with other teams to identify and provide libraries, tools, or frameworks to help them in their area of testing • Developing scalable automated testing strategies and coordinating feedback from collaborators • Introducing effective quality methodologies to the Growth and Commerce organization's automation strategies and expanding/improving existing automation • Adding to testing aspects of the release process for the GrowthLife services team • Creating/maintaining test data for automated testing and navigating through databases to analyze issues • Mentoring junior engineers and helping them with best practices followed in the team • Aiding in the hiring process and contributing towards onboarding of new engineers • Applying software engineering best practices and agile approaches What Kind of Problems Will You Help Solve? As a Lead Software Engineer on our team, you'll help solve complex problems, including: • Testing and validating runtime changes from product operations personnel/UI, such as adding/changing new products and offers • Helping dev and QA teams easily simulate complicated billing/subscriptions scenarios to run through a test • Emulating scenarios typically only seen in production • Copying/sanitizing data from production to testing environments • Anomaly detection - identifying if a release or change negatively impacts a previous baseline • Supporting a cross-service load testing process and environment What You'll Bring To be successful in this role, you'll need: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience • Minimum of 7+ years of progressive experience in a software testing (SDET) and/or software development (SDE) occupation • Strong background in automated/manual testing of backend services and REST APIs • Proficient in object-oriented design and expertise with one of the following programming languages: Java, C#, Kotlin, Scala, or similar • Knowledge of at least one backend test automation framework (E.g. REST Assured, Karate, JUnit, Scalatest, etc.) • Experience with test suite/case/run management tools (E.g. X-ray, qTest, TestRail, etc.) • Hands-on experience with version control software (E.g. GitHub) and issue/project tracking software (E.g. Jira) • Strong familiarity with testing lifecycles and data maintenance: setup/teardown; creating/enacting testing seams to force desired behavior • Experienced in defining/executing/maintaining test cases and experience with building out test plans for backend services • Hands-on experience with software development/debugging tools (E.g. Postman, curl, Chrome dev tools) • Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems • Experience with SQL queries, stored procedures, and data analysis/validation • Experience with Jenkins or similar build tools • Good understanding of quality-related agile methodologies and tools and experience using both during the SDLC • Strong verbal and written communication skills (E.g. whiteboarding/diagramming system behavior) Nice-to-Haves While not required, the following experience is highly desirable: • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Machine Learning experience • Open Source AI Training Experience • Experience in anomaly detection • Full stack experience Career Growth Opportunities and Learning Benefits As a Lead Software Engineer on our team, you'll have opportunities to grow your career and develop new skills. You'll work closely with experienced engineers and leaders to: • Develop and implement new testing strategies and methodologies • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and improvement • Mentor junior engineers and help them grow in their careers • Participate in training and development programs to stay up-to-date with industry trends and technologies Work Environment and Company Culture Our team is committed to creating a work environment that is inclusive, collaborative, and supportive. We offer: • Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options • Opportunities for professional growth and development • A culture of innovation and experimentation • A diverse and inclusive workplace Compensation, Perks, and Benefits We offer a competitive compensation package, including: • Competitive salary • Bonus and/or long-term incentive units • Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits Conclusion If you're a motivated and experienced software engineer looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. As a Lead Software Engineer on our Quality Innovations Engineering team, you'll play a critical role in driving innovation and improvement in our testing capabilities. Apply now and join our team! Apply To This Job Apply This Job