Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
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.
The Media Processing and Distribution (MPD) Core Media 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 Software Engineer I 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.
The MPD Core Media Manufacturing Software Engineer I position will contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of Video-on-Demand (VOD) workflow orchestration.
Daily responsibilities include:
- Preferred one year of related work experience and/or internship experience
- Contribute to the design, implementation, integration, deployment, and support of a complex orchestration system.
- Contribute to the planning of small to mid-size projects, requirements discovery, identification of task breakdowns, providing sizing estimates and helping with planning work allocation.
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Develop a highly functional understanding of Disney Streaming's VOD workflows, the orchestration system software components and how those components integrate with other systems.
- Debug complex issues involving workflows across multiple systems in QA and production environments.
- Apply Agile methodology and practices, including participation in regular scrums, sprint planning, and backlog grooming.
- Regularly communicate and collaborate with the engineering manager, project manager, and other team members regarding the of projects and support issues
- Participate in and help foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and open communication with stakeholders across adjacent teams.
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related engineering field.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- A desire to work in a fast-paced and challenging work environment.
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to function in a virtual team setting and effectively collaborate with engineers in other locations
Preferred Qualifications
- One year of related work experience and/or internship experience
- Experience in building Web Applications in Java or other Object Oriented Programing languages
- Experience in relational / NoSQL database
The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $99,900.00 to $133,900.00 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.
What We Do
Innovation is in the DNA of The Walt Disney Company. We not only embrace it, we translate it into experiences you can see and feel. From our groundbreaking work in advanced audio-animatronic robots featured in the Disney theme parks, to streaming services that are redefining entertainment, to inventing tools to create new worlds in our films — The Walt Disney Company has spent nearly 100 years immersing audiences in new and stunning experiences using groundbreaking technology. When next generation technology meets talented people ready to tackle challenges still to be imagined, anything can happen.
Why Work With Us
Every technologist at Disney is essential to helping us create unforgettable experiences and innovative products. Our teams constantly spearhead innovation by incubating cutting-edge ideas into production-ready solutions. At Disney, you’ll make an impact you can see and feel with a team that both supports and challenges your thinking.
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