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    Lead Software Engineer - San Francisco, United States - Walt Disney Company

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    Job Description:


    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.

    Working at Disney for the ESPN Connected Devices team is unlike anything else.

    That's because we're always finding new ways to interact with fans – however and wherever they connect with sports, news, politics, comics, and games.

    When you have the latest technology, game-changing ideas and world-class talent on your team, every day is extraordinary. We get to develop new features from start to finish that millions of fans interact with daily.

    Get to feel the excitement of showing off your work to friends and family on some of the most heavily used apps in the marketplace.

    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.


    The Product & Data Engineering team is responsible for end to end development for Disney's world-class consumer-facing products, including streaming platforms Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, and digital products & experiences across ESPN, Marvel, Disney Studios, NatGeo, and ABC News.

    The team drives innovation at scale for millions of consumers around the world across Apple, Android, Smart TVs, game consoles, and the web, with our platforms powering core experiences like personalization, search, messaging, and data.

    This is a hands-on engineering position developing OTT applications for the Android Ecosystem in Java/Kotlin.

    In this role, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Mobile/Web/Backend Engineers, and Content Creators to conceptualize and develop world-class ESPN apps.

    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 both the mobile and tv ESPN apps. You may lead others to solve complex problems and provide oversight and direction to other software engineers. As the lead on this team, you will also be responsible for architectural decisions for the connected tv application. Additionally, this position will have people management

    responsibilities.

    This includes mentoring and providing guidance to engineers reporting directly to you. As well as performing end of year reviews.

    Responsibilities:
    Designing, Coding, PR Reviews, Writing Tests

    Collaborating with QA and Automation Team

    Interacting with the Product Development team to review requirements and discuss feature development


    Basic Qualifications:
    BS, BA, or advanced degree in computer science, engineering or its equivalent

    Up to 7+ years hands-on professional experience with Android development

    Experience working a significant consumer app that is currently available in marketplace

    Expertise of object-oriented, functional, and functional reactive patterns and concepts

    Expert understanding of HTTP/S, APIs, and web services

    Solid foundation and understanding of dynamic multi-threaded mobile apps

    Solid understanding of Android app development lifecycle including Google Play Store compliance policies and submissions requirements

    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

    Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.

    Contributes to the development of functional strategy

    Consistently involved in major work efforts of strategic importance, working directly with senior levels, often multidisciplinary in nature


    Preferred Qualifications:
    Familiar with multiple Application architectures (i.e. MVVM, MVI)

    Experience building TV applications


    Experience with:
    Kotlin

    RxJava or Coroutines

    Jetpack Compose

    Dagger/Hilt

    Retrofit

    Image Loading (i.e. Glide, Picasso, Coil)

    #DisneyTech
    The hiring range for this position in California is $163,500 - $219,200 per year.

    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.


    Job Posting Segment:

    Product & Data Engineering Job Posting Primary Business:

    Consumer Software Engineering Primary Job Posting Category:

    Software Engineer Employment Type:

    Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
    San Francisco, CA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
    USA - CT - ESPN Building Ronzo Rd Date Posted:

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