Software Engineer I

Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Software Engineer IApply Now Apply Later Job ID 10121473 Location Seattle, Washington, United States / New York, New York, United States Business Disney Entertainment Date posted5---. 30, 2025Job Summary: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.As part of the Living Room Devices, Native Client Platform (NCP Client) engineering team, you will help us push the boundaries of what is possible on some of the most interesting 10-foot devices in the marketplace! You'll be part of the team that builds our Disney+ Direct-to-Consumer client app for streaming Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Hulu, ESPN, NatGeo , and ABC News content to the most popular streaming devices on the market.We're seeking a Software Engineer I for the NCP Client engineering team, where you'll be part of the team that builds our Disney+ Direct-to-Consumer client app on PlayStation, Xbox, cable set-top-boxes, and smart TVs. We're looking for an engineer who has educational experience, work experience, or personal project time developing software, and is ready to help develop client apps that provide the best experiences for our viewers. Ideal technology stacks include front-end user interface technologies, HTTP tools, and the Rust programming language.Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
  • Be a member of a team of engineers responsible for building our client app experiences in the Rust programming language
    • Under the guidance of more senior engineers, candidates will be expected to become proficient in the use of reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic
      • Contribute to the development of new application features from on-boarding, to browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more. If you see it on screen, you'll likely have a chance to work on it in code
        • Have the opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the Disney+ app, such as configuration and deployment tools, validation tools, and performance monitoring systems
          • Work with Sony, Microsoft, and many other partners to vet new hardware, firmware, and certification requirements from a client application perspective
            • Collaborate closely with our client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitationsRequired Education, Experience/Skills/Training:Basic Qualifications:
              • Experience with commonly used front-end technologies such as JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS, React, and XAML
              • Experience with general object-oriented programming techniques
              • Familiarity with commonly used development tools and IDEsPreferred Qualifications:
                • Experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations
                • Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns, architectures, and approaches to present a data-driven UX to viewers
                • Familiarity with development and troubleshooting client applications
                • Experience working on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities
                • Experience with configuration-driven development
                • Experience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques
                • Experience creating and extending custom UI components
                • Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code
                • Experience with unit testing and related patternsRequired Education:
                  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
                    The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and NY,NY is $99,900 to $133,900 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. 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.About Disney Entertainment:At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company's powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you'll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.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 .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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