Sr Product Software Engineer (News Front-End)

Job Posting Title:

Sr Product Software Engineer (News Front-End)

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Job Description:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disneys 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 Disneys media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products enhance storytelling and drive velocity innovation and scalability for our are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Companys 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 youd love working here:

• Building the future of Disneys 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 Disneys technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans connections with the companys brands and stories. Disney. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC Newsand 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:

As a Senior Product Software Engineer on the News Web Squad you will be part of a team focused on building and maintaining the web sites for ABC News and the eight ABC Owned and Operated Television Stations. We surface personalized video tally election results and keep local audiences connected to breaking news in their communities. We work alongside engineers from ESPN and Disneys entertainment brands to support each others products and share solutions. Our team uses modern server-side and web technologies such as TypeScript JavaScript Node and React to deliver scalable and elegant solutions for new product features and core site architecture.

If you:

• Employ a flexible attitude and can work constructively in a diverse team setting

• Are passionate about web development

• Value learning and being exposed to new experiences

• Demonstrate determination in finding solutions to complex puzzles

• Have the curiosity to research and learn new technologies

• Care about bringing people closer to their world then working at Disney is unlike anything else.

We have the latest technology game-changing ideas and world-class talent. Come be a part of our team and help us find new ways to interact with users however and wherever they connect with our brands.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build and ship product-level features for ABC News and the ABC OTV station sites

• Build solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity

• Develop specifications and technical designs for new features refactors and architectural improvements

• Contribute to the evolution of our engineering practices by recommending improvements to development coding maintenance and system standards as you spot opportunities

• Review code from peers for design testability and usability; raise the bar on what done looks like across the team

• Identify opportunities to improve our systems products and services with each iteration: propose investments in tooling performance accessibility observability or developer experience and lead the work to deliver them

• Influence and drive software engineering best practices within the team working independently with minimal guidance and exercising judgment in selecting methods and techniques

• Serve as a go-to technical resource for less experienced engineers. Mentor through code reviews design discussions on-call rotations and 1:1 guidance

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional software engineering experience.

• Extensive experience with TypeScript JavaScript React and modern front-end web development technologies and best practices.

• Proven ability to own products and features throughout the full software development lifecycle from design and implementation through deployment and ongoing support.

• Experience designing building and delivering scalable features and applications that support high-traffic environments.

• Strong commitment to software quality including automated testing code reviews and continuous improvement of engineering standards.

• Demonstrated ability to research analyze and develop solutions for complex technical challenges.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong attention to detail.

• Highly motivated self-directed and results-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership throughout the successful delivery of complex projects.

• Proven experience building and scaling consumer-facing web applications that serve large and diverse user bases.

• Experience integrating with content management systems (CMS) and content delivery pipelines.

• Familiarity with A/B testing experimentation frameworks and data-driven decision-making practices.

• Experience developing personalized user experiences recommendation engines and feed-driven interfaces.

• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction drive architectural improvements and contribute to long-term engineering strategy.

• Experience optimizing application performance scalability and overall user experience.

• Comfortable leveraging AI-powered development tools and coding assistants to enhance productivity with strong judgment in validating outputs ensuring code quality and guiding others on effective adoption.

Experience with:

• AWS or another major cloud provider

• CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment tooling

• Web accessibility (WCAG) standards

• Monitoring/observability tools such as New Relic or Datadog

• High-traffic consumer products

Required Education

BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent

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The hiring range for this position in New York NY is $148700 to $199400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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:

New York NY USA

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Date Posted:

Required Experience:

Senior IC