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.

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.

As part of the CAST + ET  team, you will be crucial to the success of major projects across DE&ET, applying your skills to help us deliver! You’ll be part of the team that builds our Direct-to-Consumer client apps, such as Disney+, Star+, ESPN and Hulu on one of the most popular streaming devices on the market.

The Lead Software Engineer position in Product & Data Engineering will develop key initiatives for the team throughout ESPN/ DE&ET. This resource will be fully dedicated to refinement of the realtime workflow of interactive applications that allow our production teams to create the magic they desire for their applications, web, and content. The resource will also focus on delivery of near real-time data and app integration to make a custom SportsCenter possible. These projects help differentiate our coverage while fulfilling productions desires for high end graphics. Longer term, this may enable cost savings through use of AI and LLM reducing our reliance on expensive 3rd party data while enhancing creative quality through interaction with our content. In addition, this workflow provides the foundation for personalized and interactive 3D data-driven overlays in our consumer products.

This is a hands-on engineering position working with engineers across the organization. Based on your experience, you will apply technical expertise to manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables and will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. You will architect reusable solutions that are shared across all Disney products. You may lead others to solve complex problems and provide oversight and direction to other software engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Work with teams from around Disney to architect, develop and integrate business critical features
• Oversee the design of complex technical projects which are typically company-wide initiatives. Oversee multiple products or services conception, design, and initial specifications and help define the technology strategy to be implemented by multiple domains.
• Contributes to product and solution designs to address critical and strategic issues and complex problems spanning multiple product groups
• Develop technology strategy in response to company-wide strategy and initiatives in support of the needs of key business segments and stakeholders.
• Sets technical direction, strategy and drives technology innovation within multiple product segments across the company.
• Produces technical designs and informs product strategies that anticipate, as best as possible, the needs of the business for years to come

Basic Qualifications:

• 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 hands-on professional experience with Backend development
• Experience working a significant consumer product that is currently available
• Comprehensive knowledge of Java, Spring, and Server-Side Technologies, Unreal Engine, Player and camera tracking protocols, JSON + more
• Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations
• Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing architectural improvements, user-facing features, or fixing defects
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across our various platforms
• Analyze and optimize application code for efficiency, reliability, and performance
• Understand product architecture, assisting other Software Architects as necessary
• Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Work with minimal technical supervision and supplemental engineering support
• Embrace a highly collaborative team that rewards quality code and effective communication
• Operate as an expert resource to other Software Engineers, providing an open learning environment for cross-team knowledge sharing  

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