Sr Software Engineer

Job ID 10108063 Location Morrisville, North Carolina, United States Business Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Date posted Dec. 11, 2024

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Job Summary:

Senior Software Engineer, Media Engineering

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 improve 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.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our 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 implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience

Media Engineering is an innovative, collaborative organization that builds the software and systems that prepare media content and metadata for the Disney Streaming platform - providing the best possible playback experience to our viewers. Media Engineering handles audio, video, and metadata content from ingest through publish - for normalization, processing, and packaging - supporting operator tools and automation for a scalable workflow. We build logic across players and back-end services to measure, control, and optimize playback across our stack.

Media Engineering’s Core Media Processing & Packaging team develops the video encoding, packaging, and orchestration systems that power Disney’s video streaming platforms (Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu). We are looking for hardworking team players to join Media Engineering, who will thrive on Disney’s story telling legacy, who will embrace unconventional thinking, and who are passionate about contributing to The Walt Disney Company’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) experience.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Media Processing & Packaging Engineering team, you’ll be responsible for:

The design, documentation, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of complex software systems.

Collaborating with engineering and project managers to define and report on individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Applying Agile methodology and practices, including participation in regular scrums, sprint planning, and backlog grooming.
Develop, maintain, and optimize the contribution encoder workflow to ensure high-quality and low-latency video and audio transmission.
Contributing to a culture of collaboration, innovation, and open communication across several teams and stakeholders.
Providing support to operations teams as needed.
Debugging complex issues involving workflows across multiple systems in a live production environment.
Contributing to the team's core fundamental software project needs by applying best practices and standard software guidelines.
Following established protocols for installation and maintenance and completing subsequent documentation.
Collaborating with other engineers to deliver new features and bug requirements.
Participating in the code reviews
Multitasking and self-time management across multiple simultaneous projects.
Mentor more junior engineers on design and implementation best practices.

Required Qualifications

BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related software engineering field.
5+ years of software architecture and development experience.
Deep programming experience in C/C++
Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment tools such as Github, Jenkins 2, Ansible, and Docker
Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence

Additional Preferred Experience

Experience with audio or video encoding and streaming technologies, including video encoding/compression, HLS packaging, and associated metadata workflows preferred.
Experience with SMPTE ST 2110 standards to manage uncompressed video over IP networks.
Experience with troubleshooting JPEG 2000 (J2K) encoding and decoding processes.
Experience working with MPEG Transport Streams (MPEG-TS) for both live and recorded content, including feature development, stream analysis, and supporting stream compliancy.
Experience developing and deploying applications in AWS (S3, EC2, Lambdas, SNS/SQS Messaging, API Gateway) or similar cloud environment preferred.
Solid programming experience in Java

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About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney’s two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the Company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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