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Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. The Data Product team is seeking a Senior Product Manager II to drive measurement strategy and analytics instrumentation across ESPN's portfolio of digital products. The team sits at the intersection of the analytics and business teams who depend on trusted data and the engineering teams who build the systems that produce it - and this role is where those worlds meet. You'll own instrumentation outcomes across ESPN digital products driving measurement strategy, schema design, and end-to-end delivery across web, mobile, and connected TV. The scope runs the full lifecycle: from defining what gets measured and why, through implementation and validation support, to ensuring downstream teams have the reliable, well-documented data they can build on. Own data collection outcomes for ESPN's digital products - accountable for completeness, accuracy, and usability across your instrumentation domain. Define what gets measured, why it matters, and how behavioral signals and event schemas serve analytics, reporting, and experimentation needs. Convert stakeholder questions into precise instrumentation specs - events, parameters, identifiers, schemas - that engineers can implement without ambiguity across platforms. Drive instrumentation from discovery through launch, orchestrating delivery across Product Engineering, Analytics Engineering, QA, and Platform partners. Work directly with engineering to ensure instrumentation is implemented correctly and meets platform standards - the bridge between measurement intent and technical reality. Configure and operate the analytics platform stack hands-on: implementation, maintenance, and optimization to support reliable, self-service analysis. Proactively identify instrumentation gaps and drive resolution through sharper specs, stronger validation, and tight coordination with engineering and QA. Use data to audit tagging and tracking health, surface improvement opportunities, and shape future measurement decisions. Mentor peer PMs and share instrumentation expertise across the team. You bring deep technical fluency in data collection and instrumentation, strong judgment about what measurement actually matters, and the communication skills to align engineers, analysts, and business leaders. You hold yourself to a standard of data quality that makes the difference between insights organizations trust and data they work around. Basic Qualifications 7 years or more in analytics instrumentation, data product management, or analytics engineering - with a track record of owning outcomes, not just executing tasks Deep hands-on experience designing event-based data models and instrumentation schemas across web, mobile, and connected TV - including event taxonomies, parameter design, identifier strategies, and implementable data contracts Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into precise instrumentation specifications - closing the gap between what stakeholders need to know and what engineers build SQL fluency and hands-on experience in cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery , or equivalent) to validate data quality, investigate anomalies, and own your analysis Experience configuring and operating enterprise analytics platforms at scale - owning implementation, validation, and maintenance, not just strategy Proven ability to orchestrate cross-functional instrumentation delivery across Product Engineering, Analytics, QA, and platform partners A bias for action and an ownership mindset: you solve problems end-to-end and are equally comfortable debugging a data issue and presenting measurement strategy to senior leadership You use AI-enabled tools as a genuine force multiplier - this is how you work, not a skill you're developing Clear, crisp communication: precise technical specs, accessible explanations of instrumentation tradeoffs for non-technical stakeholders, and the ability to influence across engineering, product and analytics Preferred Qualifications Experience with sports, media, or direct-to-consumer digital products at scale Hands-on experience implementing solutions from Adobe's Customer Experience (CX) Analytics suite - Adobe Analytics, Customer Journey Analytics, or Adobe Experience Platform - at enterprise scale Expert understanding of media industry measurement solutions (Nielsen, Comscore ) and how they're implemented and integrated within a major media organization Familiarity with event-driven architectures or streaming data infrastructure and their connection to downstream analytics Experience enabling self-service analytics at scale through standardized metrics frameworks, reporting taxonomies, or dashboarding solutions Working knowledge of data governance, privacy, and consent frameworks (GDPR, CCPA) and their practical implications for instrumentation design Required Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, Analytics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in Bristol, CT is $155,700 - $208,700 and New York City, NY is $163,100 - $218,700 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.

Role Location: This is an on-site role requiring 4 days in-person at designated office location. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. The individual in this position will join the Data Stores team in an exciting and fast-paced environment where they will help build and maintain highly available relational database systems operating across multiple cloud and on-premise environments. These databases support many of the systems powering DEEP&T's digital media supply chain and consumer facing products. Job Summary: Join DEEP&T as a Senior Reliability Engineer, where you will analyze, design, program, debug, and modify software enhancements and new products for use in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs. This role delivers large or highly complex software programs and systems that are critical to the organization's technology platforms and commercial applications. By leveraging in-depth knowledge of current programming languages and technologies, the Senior Reliability Engineer will write code, complete programming tasks, and perform testing and debugging of applications. The individual will interact with users to define system requirements and necessary modifications, conceive and implement software components, fixes, enhancements, and new systems. Their work directly impacts the organization by driving improvements in product quality, operational efficiency, and technical innovation, influencing future projects and technical direction We're looking for an individual who can apply software engineering principles to database engineering and administration to build processes and automation to help deliver infrastructure faster, safer, more consistently, and with the right level of observability required to operate at scale. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Responsible for building, deploying, and ensuring all DEEP&T database infrastructure is available 24/7/365. Leverage software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure. Participates in setting the architectural direction for database platforms and projects. Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. Analyze, design, and deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure. Proactively plan and implement infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing. Provide database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting and administration. Develop, enhance, and adhere to engineering and administration standards. Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security. Build infrastructure and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery though infrastructure as code and configuration management. Provide relevant insights of data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting. Maintain thorough and well-written documentation. Participate in live event support and on-call rotation. May provide oversight and direction to junior team members. Builds relationships with engineering teams and leads. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Experience Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 5+ years of related work experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon RDS for SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Azure SQL MI. Fundamental understanding of Microsoft SQL Server database internals. Experience working in Agile software development. Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub). Intermediate to advanced level of expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go. General understanding and experience with Windows operating system, network, and containers. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience designing and deploying fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure. Experience in database availability monitoring and status reporting using native monitoring tools. Well-versed in SQL Server backup, restore, and recovery strategies. Experience keeping a large environment compliant by deploying SQL Server patches and upgrades. Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation. Carries out assignments with little coaching or guidance from others. Preferred Experience Experience operating within a database reliability engineering (DRE) and/or systems reliability engineering (SRE) role. Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production systems in Azure and Amazon Web Services. Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience building a proper path to production leveraging multiple lifecycles, testing, integration, and CI/CD pipelines. Experience with the configuration and implementation of SQL Server Always On availability groups. Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef). Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams providing guidance in SQL Server best practices. Experience with proactively identifying problems/areas of improvement and designing creative solutions to successfully remediate issues. The hiring range for this position in Bristol, CT is $141,900 to $190,300 and in New York is 148,700 to $199,400$ 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: The Data Product team is seeking a Principal, Data Product Management to own the strategy and long-term vision for a critical suite of data collection solutions across a global portfolio of digital products, defining the future of data collection as an enterprise capability. The collection layer sets the quality and reliability of every downstream analytics output, every experiment, and every model that depends on it across Disney Entertainment & ESPN. Decisions here carry portfolio-wide consequences, and making them well takes dedicated Principal-level ownership. You'll own the product roadmap spanning the solutions we run with longstanding strategic partners and the capabilities we build and scale ourselves, delivering world-class data collection across web, mobile, and connected devices. You'll serve as the product counterpart to the Data Engineering and Product Engineering teams who build and maintain the platform, and lead cross-organizational initiatives. Equally important, you'll define what data collection at Disney needs to become, not just how to evolve what exists today. If you've operated at the domain level in ambiguous, precedent-free environments, driven architectural decisions at enterprise scale, and built the organizational confidence to make long-term platform bets, we'd like to hear from you. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Own the long-term strategy and vision for data collection, across partner-run solutions and the platforms we build ourselves. Continuously evaluate the market and make principled build-vs-buy calls as the technology shifts. Be the product counterpart to Data Engineering on roadmap, sequencing, and tradeoffs, staying hands-on. Lead and influence across the org without formal authority, resolving high-stakes conflicts and informing durable, long-term decisions. Support data quality and the operating model at the source, keeping collected data reliable and auditable. Identify the highest-leverage problems before they're defined and deliver where no established approach exists. Translate requirements into scalable platform capabilities: schemas, standards, and contracts, increasingly AI-assisted. Mentor PMs across Data Product and partner teams, raising the bar for sophistication and AI-assisted ways of working. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 10+ years in Data Platform Product Management, Data Instrumentation, or a closely related technical product discipline. Domain- or portfolio-level outcome ownership at enterprise scale; feature-level data-platform PM experience is not sufficient for this role. Platform or infrastructure product strategy driven in close partnership with Engineering, hands-on in architecture and schema design. Hands-on production experience with data collection platforms (tag management, web data-layer, CDP-style), and the judgment to evaluate and choose between them. Experience defining enterprise data contracts, schema registries, and governance standards in multi-producer, multi-consumer environments. A track record of building new structures or capabilities in high-ambiguity, precedent-free environments, not just enduring them. Proven ability to influence roadmap and investment decisions without direct authority across multiple organizations. Experience mentoring multiple PMs across teams, with demonstrated impact on their judgment or trajectory. Fluency with AI tools in your own work, and a track record of raising that bar across the PMs you influence. Familiarity with the modern cloud data stack and how collection quality and schema choices affect downstream analytics, ML, and BI. Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data validation, schema verification, and troubleshooting. Executive-level communicator, equally clear with engineers and senior leaders, who resolves disagreements through reasoning, not rank. Preferred Qualifications Data observability experience: monitoring pipelines for quality, freshness, schema drift, and anomalies. Experience evaluating or leading enterprise technology transitions: build-vs-buy, platform migration, and the change management involved. Familiarity with downstream ML and AI data requirements: what makes collected data usable as training signal or feature input. Strong grasp of data governance, privacy, and consent (GDPR, CCPA) and how regulation shapes collection architecture. Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Required Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in New York City, NY is $197,400 - $264,700 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $206,400 - $276,700 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA and Bristol, CT is $188,400 - $252,600 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.

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 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 here: 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. Media Engineering Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels - including streaming, linear, and theatrical - so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Media Security team within the Playback Services, Media Engineering organization! Our mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are crucial to delivering high quality content to our subscribers. We are responsible for the backend of media rights services for facilitating playback and antipiracy technologies. If you enjoy streaming media, digital rights management, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or just want to join a fast-growing team that plays a significant role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then this role is for you! Responsibilities Work with a team of engineers to build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions, author and share feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses, and establish standards within the team to drive quality and excellence Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents Provide mentoring and advice for other engineers Participate in the DSS technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge-sharing efforts Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Minimum of 5 years related experience crafting backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment. Validated knowledge of operating large-scale high-availability backend services and JVM services Expertise in functional programming patterns and experience building RESTful services (Scala APIs) Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and strong understanding of design patterns and principles Experience operating within a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.) Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana) Knowledge of caching technologies Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year and in Santa Monica, CA, $141,900 - $190,300 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.

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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news. 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. Disney, a global leader in entertainment, is seeking a talented and dedicated Senior Software Engineer to join our Payments team. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team within the Commerce, Growth and Identity organization that manages the payment transactions of millions of customers across our celebrated platforms - Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu. What we're looking for We value engineers who demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and initiative. Success in this role requires proactively identifying problems, driving solutions with minimal direction, collaborating effectively across teams, and taking responsibility for the long-term health and reliability of the systems you build and operate . Role Location: This is an on-site role requiring 4 days in-person at designated office locations. Responsibilities: Own the stability, scalability, and reliability of our multi-tenant payment platform supporting Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact customers. Demonstrate strong ownership by driving technical solutions from design through implementation and operation, collaborating across teams to evolve the architecture of Tier 1 payment services. Build deep expertise in Global Payments, taking initiative to understand international payment ecosystems and solve the unique challenges of serving a global streaming audience. Deliver at scale by designing, building, and operating high-throughput systems that process millions of payment transactions while maintaining performance, resilience, and operational excellence. Lead reliability and performance improvements for mission-critical payment services, including integrations with new payment processors and support for SCA and other regional payment requirements. Champion security best practices for payment data storage, tokenization, and PCI compliance, ensuring the platform meets the highest security standards. Maintain a high engineering bar by writing well-tested, maintainable code, actively participating in design discussions and code reviews, and continuously improving system quality. Take initiative to identify opportunities for innovation, operational improvements, automation, and technical debt reduction, helping shape the future of our payment platform. Operate with an ownership mindset, supporting critical production systems through on-call rotations, incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions to improve service health. 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 5 years of related work experience Proven hands-on experience with Scala, Java, or similar programming languages. Proven hands-on experience with API design, including REST and gRPC . Demonstrated analytical and strong system design skills. Hands-on experience with event-driven systems using technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS SNS/SQS. Exposure to cloud infrastructure, such as AWS, Spinnaker, and Kubernetes Strong communicator and team player, able to adapt quickly and effectively in dynamic, fast-paced environments. A commitment to continuous learning, mentorship, and striving for excellence. Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in functional programming environments, especially with Scala and the Cats Effect ecosystem Experience managing Tier 1 production services, including participation in on-call rotations and incident response. Experience mentoring interns and junior engineers The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 and in Los Angeles, CA is $141,900 to $190,300 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: The Data Product team is seeking a Principal, Data Product Management to own the strategy and long-term vision for a critical suite of data collection solutions across a global portfolio of digital products, defining the future of data collection as an enterprise capability. The collection layer sets the quality and reliability of every downstream analytics output, every experiment, and every model that depends on it across Disney Entertainment & ESPN. Decisions here carry portfolio-wide consequences, and making them well takes dedicated Principal-level ownership. You'll own the product roadmap spanning the solutions we run with longstanding strategic partners and the capabilities we build and scale ourselves, delivering world-class data collection across web, mobile, and connected devices. You'll serve as the product counterpart to the Data Engineering and Product Engineering teams who build and maintain the platform, and lead cross-organizational initiatives. Equally important, you'll define what data collection at Disney needs to become, not just how to evolve what exists today. If you've operated at the domain level in ambiguous, precedent-free environments, driven architectural decisions at enterprise scale, and built the organizational confidence to make long-term platform bets, we'd like to hear from you. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Own the long-term strategy and vision for data collection, across partner-run solutions and the platforms we build ourselves. Continuously evaluate the market and make principled build-vs-buy calls as the technology shifts. Be the product counterpart to Data Engineering on roadmap, sequencing, and tradeoffs, staying hands-on. Lead and influence across the org without formal authority, resolving high-stakes conflicts and informing durable, long-term decisions. Support data quality and the operating model at the source, keeping collected data reliable and auditable. Identify the highest-leverage problems before they're defined and deliver where no established approach exists. Translate requirements into scalable platform capabilities: schemas, standards, and contracts, increasingly AI-assisted. Mentor PMs across Data Product and partner teams, raising the bar for sophistication and AI-assisted ways of working. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 10+ years in Data Platform Product Management, Data Instrumentation, or a closely related technical product discipline. Domain- or portfolio-level outcome ownership at enterprise scale; feature-level data-platform PM experience is not sufficient for this role. Platform or infrastructure product strategy driven in close partnership with Engineering, hands-on in architecture and schema design. Hands-on production experience with data collection platforms (tag management, web data-layer, CDP-style), and the judgment to evaluate and choose between them. Experience defining enterprise data contracts, schema registries, and governance standards in multi-producer, multi-consumer environments. A track record of building new structures or capabilities in high-ambiguity, precedent-free environments, not just enduring them. Proven ability to influence roadmap and investment decisions without direct authority across multiple organizations. Experience mentoring multiple PMs across teams, with demonstrated impact on their judgment or trajectory. Fluency with AI tools in your own work, and a track record of raising that bar across the PMs you influence. Familiarity with the modern cloud data stack and how collection quality and schema choices affect downstream analytics, ML, and BI. Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data validation, schema verification, and troubleshooting. Executive-level communicator, equally clear with engineers and senior leaders, who resolves disagreements through reasoning, not rank. Preferred Qualifications Data observability experience: monitoring pipelines for quality, freshness, schema drift, and anomalies. Experience evaluating or leading enterprise technology transitions: build-vs-buy, platform migration, and the change management involved. Familiarity with downstream ML and AI data requirements: what makes collected data usable as training signal or feature input. Strong grasp of data governance, privacy, and consent (GDPR, CCPA) and how regulation shapes collection architecture. Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Required Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in New York City, NY is $197,400 - $264,700 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $206,400 - $276,700 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA and Bristol, CT is $188,400 - $252,600 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels - including streaming, linear, and theatrical - so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. The Quality, Targeting, and Experience team develops automated feedback loops that drive how videos are delivered to customers for Disney Streaming's suite of streaming services, including Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, and more. We balance the needs of our business strategy with the demands of an evolving internet to provide the highest possible quality of experience directly to consumers in the form of pristine, error-free streaming media. We also develop robust data pipelines that calculate and report the quality of experience that our customers receive so that we can continually improve the way we deliver media. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, there will be opportunities to collaborate with a varied team of data engineers, other software engineers, researchers, data scientists, product managers and more, as well as to provide leadership by example to other developers on the team and in the organization. Responsibilities Work with a team building high-performance, stable, scalable software Participate in the code review process by providing feedback on pull requests Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience). 5+ years of experience designing and delivering backend architectures in a production environment, with a strong understanding of design patterns and best practices. Experienced in building and maintaining data-intensive applications, bridging the gap between services and data teams to align architectural design with implementation. Experience building RESTful and/or gRPC services to facilitate communication between distributed components. Proficient in at least one programming language: Scala, Java, Go, or Python. Familiar with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes. Proficient in observability and data tools (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Databricks) to monitor system health, data pipeline integrity, and algorithmic performance. Self-motivated, independent, and excellent at problem-solving, with strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to mentor less experienced developers and lead cross-functional initiatives. Preferred Qualifications Experience designing and operating large-scale, high-availability distributed systems and JVM-based applications. Knowledge of functional programming patterns and their application in data processing. Hands-on experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kinesis, SQS) Experience with stream processing frameworks like Flink or Spark Familiarity with CDN technologies. Interest in video streaming and internet networking. The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. Media Engineering 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. Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us deliver excellent streaming experiences for Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ as a developer of our web-based JavaScript player. Our team is responsible for playback across many devices including browsers, televisions, gaming consoles, and set-top boxes. You will have the opportunity to lead in the design and implementation of our cross-platform JavaScript player that runs Disney+, Hulu and ESPN on these devices. We're looking for an experienced engineer who has video player and cross platform development experience. Excellent fluency in JavaScript and web development is required. You should have a passion for coding and debugging hard problems, and an eagerness to help us deliver seamless video to our subscribers. Being a Senior engineer, you will get to own large features, lead the technical direction of our work, and mentor and provide technical expertise to other engineers. You will work closely with other technical teams in the application layer and backend video services to deliver features. Responsibilities Develop and maintain our JavaScript player that drives our streaming experience Optimize our player to perform well for resource constrained platforms Create and review architecture and technical designs Maintain a strong understanding of our code to identify, research and address issues Collaborate with application development teams, services engineering teams and product management to help understand and explain device limitations and requirements Lead in strategies to ensure the quality and stability of our deployments, including testing strategies and telemetry approaches Develop our project's build system and continuous integration system as needed Provide technical expertise or mentoring to developers on our team Drive high development standards Basic Qualifications 5+ years of full software development lifecycle experience Highly fluent in JavaScript and web technologies Experience developing for web browsers & other web-based client devices Experience in Streaming technologies, such as: HLS (preferred) or DASH DRM technologies like PlayReady or Widevine Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Algorithms Caption and subtitle formats such as CEA-608 / 708 Codecs AVC, HEVC, AAC, EAC3 Experience developing and optimizing high-performance client-side media applications Experience using build runners / compilation tools for multi-platform projects Strong individual contributor with a drive to learn and patience to teach others Great communication and collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic Experience using AI-assisted development tools effectively BS or BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience Preferred Qualifications Experience developing for living room devices, e.g. Samsung, LG, Hisense, Vizio. Experience developing for gaming consoles (e.g. Playstation, Switch), Android devices (e.g.FireTV), or similar devices The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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 engineering, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. Job Summary: The DEEP & Technology team is seeking a visionary Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to spearhead quality engineering across our streaming, data and advertising systems. As a trusted engineering leader and technical authority, you will set the strategic direction for automation, quality practices, and test architectures organization-wide. You will partner cross-functionally to align quality strategy with company objectives, lead innovation in automated testing processes, and ensure our systems robustly deliver relevant and reliable products to all viewers. Your decisions and leadership will have a substantial impact on revenue, user experience, and operational efficiency. Ideal candidates are highly proactive, influential, and passionate about transforming quality engineering through cutting-edge technology and thought leadership. Responsibilities: Strategic Quality Leadership Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for test automation and quality engineering across multiple business units and product lines. Influence organizational decisions regarding test architecture, process improvements, and adoption of modern testing paradigms (shift-left, CI/CD, observability, etc.). Establish and maintain enterprise-wide standards for quality, automation, and operational excellence in collaboration with executive stakeholders. Own the end-to-end quality strategy for large-scale, business-critical projects, including test metrics, release criteria, and automation objectives. Architecture & Technical Authority Lead the architecture of scalable, resilient, and cloud-native test automation solutions that empower teams and improve defect prevention. Make high-impact technical decisions on frameworks, toolsets, and integrations to enable richer and more effective testing. Oversee technical reviews, mentorship, and hands-on guidance in complex areas such as distributed systems, data pipelines, and ad technologies. Partner with Platform Architects and DevOps to ensure seamless integration of quality gates and automated validation throughout deployment pipelines Cross-Functional Influence & Mentorship Serve as a coaching resource to SDETs, engineers, and leadership, regularly conducting technical deep-dives, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions. Build consensus across product teams for standardization of test tools, frameworks, and reusable components. Facilitate root cause analysis for high-severity incidents, drive preventative and corrective actions, and communicate technical findings to senior leadership. Represent DEEP & Technology quality interests within company-wide engineering and business forums. Program Management & Delivery Excellence Lead delivery of multiple concurrent, cross-team testing initiatives in fast-paced Agile environments. Manage test budgets, resource allocation, roadmap goals, and risk mitigation strategies across programs. Ensure rigorous governance over traceability, compliance, and test reporting, supporting company-wide accountability. Continuously identify bottlenecks and drive organization-wide solutions to improve efficiency, coverage, and reliability. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Champion research and adoption of emerging technologies (AI/ML in testing, autonomous testing, advanced observability, etc.) to keep test practices ahead of industry standards. Define and track advanced quality metrics (escape rates, flakiness, system reliability), implementing data-driven improvements. Lead efforts to mature organization's quality posture in performance, security, and reliability engineering. Inspire a culture of innovation, experiment with new tools and practices, and help set the direction for the future of engineering quality. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of 10 years experience in quality engineering, automation, or software development, with recent leadership responsibilities in large, complex engineering environments Passion around driving best practices in the testing space Knowledge of software engineering practices and agile approaches Strong desire for establishing and improving product quality Proven expertise architecting and scaling test automation for distributed, cloud-native systems Track record of influencing enterprise strategy and leading transformation initiatives Advanced proficiency with Python or modern OO languages; experience with ad-tech or large-scale systems is a plus Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience) The hiring range for this position in California is $171,600 - $230,100 per year and in New York is $179,700 - $241,000 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.

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: 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney's linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney's media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney's EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams. Job Summary: The Senior Engineer will contribute to both backend and frontend development, designing and implementing high-performance applications and seamless user interfaces that deliver Disney's content to audiences worldwide. In this role, you will build scalable solutions and collaborate closely with management, business partners, engineering teams, product, and design to create innovative and engaging viewing experiences. Your work will support streaming, digital products, advertising, and content distribution. You will also participate in code reviews, promote best practices, and uphold high standards in architecture, performance, and code quality, helping ensure maintainable and accessible solutions across the team. This position requires strong expertise in modern Java Spring Boot and Vue.js, along with a passion for building high-quality, scalable digital experiences. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance applications across both backend and frontend systems supporting Disney's digital platforms. Build robust Java Spring Boot services and APIs alongside modern Vue-based user interfaces to deliver seamless, user-centric experiences. Partner closely with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams to define requirements and deliver end-to-end solutions. Ensure alignment with architectural standards, security, and best practices across the full stack. Drive code quality through reviews, mentorship, and consistent development practices. Optimize system performance and reliability by implementing efficient data processing, caching, asynchronous workflows, and modern state management techniques. Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, continuously improving system scalability, latency, and stability. Collaborate with DevOps and QA teams to support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring. Contribute to evolving engineering practices by adopting new technologies, tools, and frameworks across both backend and frontend ecosystems. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). 5+ years of full stack development experience, with a strong emphasis on Java, SpringBoot and VUE JS frameworks. Experience supporting development efforts and contributing to best practices through peer mentorship and code reviews. Proven experience building scalable back-end and front-end solutions for large-scale, high-traffic applications. Hands-on experience working in agile development environments as part of cross-functional teams. Strong experience integrating UI components with RESTful APIs. Proficient in Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, and VueJS framwork. Solid understanding of microservices architecture, dependency injection, and application lifecycle management within the Spring ecosystem Solid understanding of state management patterns, component lifecycle, and Vuetify library. Knowledge of backend performance optimization techniques such as connection pooling, distributed caching, asynchronous processing, and efficient database access patterns Knowledge of front-end performance optimization techniques such as lazy loading, code splitting, and caching. Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, and UI frameworks. Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases, schema design, and query optimization Experience with containerization and deployment tools such as Docker and Kubernetes, along with cloud platforms (AWS) Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization tools (e.g., Docker), and cloud deployment (AWS). Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with developers, designers, product and QA teams. Effective communicator with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Ability to translate business and design requirements into performant, maintainable solutions. Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, detail-oriented approach. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with distributed systems, messaging technologies, or event-driven architectures (Kafka, SNS/SQS, ActiveMQ, or similar) Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate software development, debugging, and code quality improvement Familiarity with AWS CloudFront, S3 bucket. Knowledge of streaming workflows, video content delivery, or media distribution pipelines Previous experience working in media, or entertainment environments The hiring range for this position in New York, New York is $148,700 - $199,400 per year and in Bristol, CT $141,900 - $190,300. 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.

Principal Software Engineer, Media Architecture Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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: 1.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. 2.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. 3.Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Job Summary: We are redefining how streaming media is delivered, experienced, and scaled across a global ecosystem. From live and linear streaming to VOD workflows, advertising integrations, metadata platforms, and playback clients, our mission is to build a cohesive, high-performing media platform that powers world-class viewer experiences. We are seeking a Principal Software Architect to operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, shaping end-to-end solutions across the Media Engineering ecosystem. This role is not confined to a single domain. You will architect systems that span ingest, processing, orchestration, distribution, and playback across platforms such as Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. This is a hands-on architecture role for a technical leader who can define vision, influence at scale, and dive deep into code and design when needed. What You'll Do Architecture & Technical Strategy Define and drive end-to-end solution architecture across Live, Linear, and VOD streaming workflows. Establish architectural patterns that unify media ingest, processing, metadata, ads, distribution, and playback ecosystems. Lead cross-domain design for integrations with Ad platforms, metadata services, rights systems, and client applications. Contribute to long-term technical strategy, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency across the media supply chain. Cross-Functional Leadership Partner with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and stakeholders teams to deliver cohesive platform solutions. Influence technical direction across multiple teams and organizations without direct authority. Lead architecture reviews, drive alignment, and resolve complex cross-system challenges. System Design & Implementation Design and document high-scale, distributed systems supporting millions of concurrent streams and global content distribution. Contribute to implementation where necessary, including prototyping, coding, and validating architectural decisions. Author clear architectural artifacts including solution designs, system diagrams, and technical proposals. Operational Excellence Champion best practices in observability, reliability, performance optimization, and cost management. Guide teams in building resilient systems with strong SLAs/SLOs. Use metrics and data to continuously improve system performance and user experience. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Challenge existing architectures and introduce modern approaches to evolving platform capabilities. Stay ahead of industry trends in streaming technologies, ad tech, and media workflows. Drive iterative improvements across systems, workflows, and developer experience. Basic Qualifications 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant time in architecture and distributed systems design. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Proven experience designing and scaling high-throughput, low-latency systems in a cloud environment. Strong proficiency in one or more languages such as Java, Python, or similar. Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and API design. Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms, including services such as S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SNS/SQS, or Kafka. Strong foundation in data modeling, system design, and performance optimization. Ability to write production-quality code and contribute hands-on when needed. Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience with media streaming systems, including Live, Linear, and VOD workflows. Knowledge of video delivery protocols (HLS, DASH), encoding/transcoding pipelines, and CDN distribution. Experience with media player and client integrations for video playback Familiarity with Ad Tech ecosystems, including SSAI, and ad decisioning systems. Experience working with player/client technologies across web, mobile, and connected devices. Exposure to machine learning applications in media workflows (e.g., content enrichment, personalization). Prior experience operating in a large-scale streaming platform environment. What Sets You Apart You think in systems, not silos, and can connect architecture across domains. You balance vision with execution, capable of both defining strategy and delivering outcomes. You are a force multiplier, elevating teams through influence, clarity, and technical leadership. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving alignment across complex organizations. Product Engineering 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. The hiring range for this position in NY, NY is $197,400 to $264,700 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $188,400 to $252,600 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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 engineering, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. Job Summary: The DEEP & Technology team is seeking a highly experienced Senior Manager (M3) to lead and scale our Quality Engineering organization supporting various commerce, data and advertising systems. In this role, you will provide strategic, operational, and technical leadership across multiple quality engineering teams, ensuring robust test automation, reliability, and business impact at scale. You will develop and execute a quality strategy that drives measurable improvement in system reliability, speed of delivery, and product excellence, partnering closely with executives, engineering leadership, and cross-functional business units. Ideal candidates are visionary people leaders with a proven track record of growing high-performing teams, implementing transformational quality programs, and delivering significant value in complex and rapidly evolving environments. Responsibilities: Organizational Leadership & Transformation Lead, inspire, and develop multiple quality engineering teams and people leaders (managers/technical leads), fostering a culture of technical excellence, inclusion, and continuous learning. Define the multi-year vision and strategic roadmap for quality engineering across the advertising platform, aligned with company business and technology goals. Champion organizational transformation, driving the adoption of best-in-class practices, tools, and quality metrics at scale. Technical Thought Leadership Set the technical direction for large-scale test automation architecture, cloud-native solutions, and intelligent testing initiatives (AI/ML-driven testing, autonomous pipelines, etc.). Sponsor and guide the evolution of shared automation frameworks, tools, and platforms across product and engineering teams. Ensure timely resolution and prevention of high-severity outages through organizational postmortems, root cause analysis, and systemic improvements. Strategic Planning & Execution Develop, communicate, and execute the quality engineering strategy across multiple product groups, balancing innovation, risk, and operational needs. Oversee resource planning, hiring, and organizational design to ensure scaling and allocation of quality engineering talent to meet evolving business needs. Take ultimate responsibility for quality governance, compliance, and traceability across all product lines within your scope. Cross-Functional & Executive Partnership Build and maintain strong working relationships with senior leadership in engineering, product management, data science, product operations, and business teams. Articulate quality risks, trade-offs, and long-term strategies to executive stakeholders; provide regular reporting on quality metrics and organizational outcomes. Lead cross-functional initiatives to ensure test automation and quality engineering are embedded early and effectively throughout the development lifecycle. Minimum Qualifications: 10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or software development, with 5+ years managing managers or leading multi-team organizations Proven track record of scaling and transforming quality engineering functions in complex, cloud-native, high-scale environments Demonstrated experience defining and driving organizational strategy, advocating for quality at the senior/executive level, and influencing business outcomes Expertise in modern test automation frameworks, CI/CD, and emerging trends in software quality Knowledge of software engineering practices and agile approaches Strong desire for establishing and improving product quality Advanced proficiency with Python or modern OO languages; experience with ad-tech or large-scale systems is a plus Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience) The hiring range for this position in California is $171,600 - $230,100 per year and in New York is $179,700 - $241,000 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.

At Disney "We Power the Magic!" That's our motto at Disney Experiences (DX) Technology & Digital. Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for Disney's Consumer Products Business. This role sits within the Technology & Digital organization for Disney Experiences and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams across the company. The Senior Software Engineer will report to the Sr Manager, Technology. Please note that this role is not open to sponsorship of any kind at this time. (i.e.: OPT, H1B, TN). About the Role & Team We are seeking a talented Sr Software Engineer to drive and develop scalable and performing data and application integration through APIs and/or Data across Licensing Financial Systems and Artificial Intelligence Systems. This role will be instrumental in shaping the architecture, integration, and delivery of next-generation platforms that power financial licensing workflows and predictive analytics. What You'll Do Lead the design, development, and deployment of data and application integration solution built using Mulesoft for licensing financial systems and AI-powered applications. Own the full software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. Collaborate with product, business, and data science teams to define system requirements and deliver intelligent automation and integration. Apply machine learning and AI techniques to optimize licensing workflows Mentor junior or contracted engineers and foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and technical excellence. Stay current with emerging technologies in integration, AI, financial systems, and cloud-native development to inform strategic decisions. Qualifications: A minimum of 5 years of software engineering experience, including development of data and application integration for complex and large-scale systems Hands-on experience with API Gateways/API management (Google Apigee) Excellent database skills in SQL and stored procedures and in optimizing large, complex SQL statements Hands-on expertise in AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn) and data pipelines. Hands-on building and deploying LLM-based applications, including prompt engineering and fine-tuning Experience with RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), vector databases, and embeddings Excellent programming skills in languages Java and Python. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes). Agile development experience and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with licensing systems in media, entertainment, or digital content industries. A minimum of 3 years of experience with integration software Mulesoft Background in data engineering or applied AI in enterprise environments. Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Master's degree or certifications in AI, Data Science, or Financial Technology is a plus. The hiring range for this position in Glendale, California is $141,900 to $190,300 per year and in Orlando, FL is $135,200 to $181,200 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. The Data Product team is seeking a Senior Product Manager II to drive measurement strategy and analytics instrumentation across ESPN's portfolio of digital products. The team sits at the intersection of the analytics and business teams who depend on trusted data and the engineering teams who build the systems that produce it - and this role is where those worlds meet. You'll own instrumentation outcomes across ESPN digital products driving measurement strategy, schema design, and end-to-end delivery across web, mobile, and connected TV. The scope runs the full lifecycle: from defining what gets measured and why, through implementation and validation support, to ensuring downstream teams have the reliable, well-documented data they can build on. Own data collection outcomes for ESPN's digital products - accountable for completeness, accuracy, and usability across your instrumentation domain. Define what gets measured, why it matters, and how behavioral signals and event schemas serve analytics, reporting, and experimentation needs. Convert stakeholder questions into precise instrumentation specs - events, parameters, identifiers, schemas - that engineers can implement without ambiguity across platforms. Drive instrumentation from discovery through launch, orchestrating delivery across Product Engineering, Analytics Engineering, QA, and Platform partners. Work directly with engineering to ensure instrumentation is implemented correctly and meets platform standards - the bridge between measurement intent and technical reality. Configure and operate the analytics platform stack hands-on: implementation, maintenance, and optimization to support reliable, self-service analysis. Proactively identify instrumentation gaps and drive resolution through sharper specs, stronger validation, and tight coordination with engineering and QA. Use data to audit tagging and tracking health, surface improvement opportunities, and shape future measurement decisions. Mentor peer PMs and share instrumentation expertise across the team. You bring deep technical fluency in data collection and instrumentation, strong judgment about what measurement actually matters, and the communication skills to align engineers, analysts, and business leaders. You hold yourself to a standard of data quality that makes the difference between insights organizations trust and data they work around. Basic Qualifications 7 years or more in analytics instrumentation, data product management, or analytics engineering - with a track record of owning outcomes, not just executing tasks Deep hands-on experience designing event-based data models and instrumentation schemas across web, mobile, and connected TV - including event taxonomies, parameter design, identifier strategies, and implementable data contracts Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into precise instrumentation specifications - closing the gap between what stakeholders need to know and what engineers build SQL fluency and hands-on experience in cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery , or equivalent) to validate data quality, investigate anomalies, and own your analysis Experience configuring and operating enterprise analytics platforms at scale - owning implementation, validation, and maintenance, not just strategy Proven ability to orchestrate cross-functional instrumentation delivery across Product Engineering, Analytics, QA, and platform partners A bias for action and an ownership mindset: you solve problems end-to-end and are equally comfortable debugging a data issue and presenting measurement strategy to senior leadership You use AI-enabled tools as a genuine force multiplier - this is how you work, not a skill you're developing Clear, crisp communication: precise technical specs, accessible explanations of instrumentation tradeoffs for non-technical stakeholders, and the ability to influence across engineering, product and analytics Preferred Qualifications Experience with sports, media, or direct-to-consumer digital products at scale Hands-on experience implementing solutions from Adobe's Customer Experience (CX) Analytics suite - Adobe Analytics, Customer Journey Analytics, or Adobe Experience Platform - at enterprise scale Expert understanding of media industry measurement solutions (Nielsen, Comscore ) and how they're implemented and integrated within a major media organization Familiarity with event-driven architectures or streaming data infrastructure and their connection to downstream analytics Experience enabling self-service analytics at scale through standardized metrics frameworks, reporting taxonomies, or dashboarding solutions Working knowledge of data governance, privacy, and consent frameworks (GDPR, CCPA) and their practical implications for instrumentation design Required Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, Analytics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in Bristol, CT is $155,700 - $208,700 and New York City, NY is $163,100 - $218,700 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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 engineering, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. Job Summary: The DEEP & Technology team is seeking a visionary Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to spearhead quality engineering across our streaming, data and advertising systems. As a trusted engineering leader and technical authority, you will set the strategic direction for automation, quality practices, and test architectures organization-wide. You will partner cross-functionally to align quality strategy with company objectives, lead innovation in automated testing processes, and ensure our systems robustly deliver relevant and reliable products to all viewers. Your decisions and leadership will have a substantial impact on revenue, user experience, and operational efficiency. Ideal candidates are highly proactive, influential, and passionate about transforming quality engineering through cutting-edge technology and thought leadership. Responsibilities: Strategic Quality Leadership Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for test automation and quality engineering across multiple business units and product lines. Influence organizational decisions regarding test architecture, process improvements, and adoption of modern testing paradigms (shift-left, CI/CD, observability, etc.). Establish and maintain enterprise-wide standards for quality, automation, and operational excellence in collaboration with executive stakeholders. Own the end-to-end quality strategy for large-scale, business-critical projects, including test metrics, release criteria, and automation objectives. Architecture & Technical Authority Lead the architecture of scalable, resilient, and cloud-native test automation solutions that empower teams and improve defect prevention. Make high-impact technical decisions on frameworks, toolsets, and integrations to enable richer and more effective testing. Oversee technical reviews, mentorship, and hands-on guidance in complex areas such as distributed systems, data pipelines, and ad technologies. Partner with Platform Architects and DevOps to ensure seamless integration of quality gates and automated validation throughout deployment pipelines Cross-Functional Influence & Mentorship Serve as a coaching resource to SDETs, engineers, and leadership, regularly conducting technical deep-dives, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions. Build consensus across product teams for standardization of test tools, frameworks, and reusable components. Facilitate root cause analysis for high-severity incidents, drive preventative and corrective actions, and communicate technical findings to senior leadership. Represent DEEP & Technology quality interests within company-wide engineering and business forums. Program Management & Delivery Excellence Lead delivery of multiple concurrent, cross-team testing initiatives in fast-paced Agile environments. Manage test budgets, resource allocation, roadmap goals, and risk mitigation strategies across programs. Ensure rigorous governance over traceability, compliance, and test reporting, supporting company-wide accountability. Continuously identify bottlenecks and drive organization-wide solutions to improve efficiency, coverage, and reliability. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Champion research and adoption of emerging technologies (AI/ML in testing, autonomous testing, advanced observability, etc.) to keep test practices ahead of industry standards. Define and track advanced quality metrics (escape rates, flakiness, system reliability), implementing data-driven improvements. Lead efforts to mature organization's quality posture in performance, security, and reliability engineering. Inspire a culture of innovation, experiment with new tools and practices, and help set the direction for the future of engineering quality. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of 10 years experience in quality engineering, automation, or software development, with recent leadership responsibilities in large, complex engineering environments Passion around driving best practices in the testing space Knowledge of software engineering practices and agile approaches Strong desire for establishing and improving product quality Proven expertise architecting and scaling test automation for distributed, cloud-native systems Track record of influencing enterprise strategy and leading transformation initiatives Advanced proficiency with Python or modern OO languages; experience with ad-tech or large-scale systems is a plus Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience) The hiring range for this position in California is $171,600 - $230,100 per year and in New York is $179,700 - $241,000 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.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: The Data Product team is seeking a Principal, Data Product Management to own the strategy and long-term vision for a critical suite of data collection solutions across a global portfolio of digital products, defining the future of data collection as an enterprise capability. The collection layer sets the quality and reliability of every downstream analytics output, every experiment, and every model that depends on it across Disney Entertainment & ESPN. Decisions here carry portfolio-wide consequences, and making them well takes dedicated Principal-level ownership. You'll own the product roadmap spanning the solutions we run with longstanding strategic partners and the capabilities we build and scale ourselves, delivering world-class data collection across web, mobile, and connected devices. You'll serve as the product counterpart to the Data Engineering and Product Engineering teams who build and maintain the platform, and lead cross-organizational initiatives. Equally important, you'll define what data collection at Disney needs to become, not just how to evolve what exists today. If you've operated at the domain level in ambiguous, precedent-free environments, driven architectural decisions at enterprise scale, and built the organizational confidence to make long-term platform bets, we'd like to hear from you. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Own the long-term strategy and vision for data collection, across partner-run solutions and the platforms we build ourselves. Continuously evaluate the market and make principled build-vs-buy calls as the technology shifts. Be the product counterpart to Data Engineering on roadmap, sequencing, and tradeoffs, staying hands-on. Lead and influence across the org without formal authority, resolving high-stakes conflicts and informing durable, long-term decisions. Support data quality and the operating model at the source, keeping collected data reliable and auditable. Identify the highest-leverage problems before they're defined and deliver where no established approach exists. Translate requirements into scalable platform capabilities: schemas, standards, and contracts, increasingly AI-assisted. Mentor PMs across Data Product and partner teams, raising the bar for sophistication and AI-assisted ways of working. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 10+ years in Data Platform Product Management, Data Instrumentation, or a closely related technical product discipline. Domain- or portfolio-level outcome ownership at enterprise scale; feature-level data-platform PM experience is not sufficient for this role. Platform or infrastructure product strategy driven in close partnership with Engineering, hands-on in architecture and schema design. Hands-on production experience with data collection platforms (tag management, web data-layer, CDP-style), and the judgment to evaluate and choose between them. Experience defining enterprise data contracts, schema registries, and governance standards in multi-producer, multi-consumer environments. A track record of building new structures or capabilities in high-ambiguity, precedent-free environments, not just enduring them. Proven ability to influence roadmap and investment decisions without direct authority across multiple organizations. Experience mentoring multiple PMs across teams, with demonstrated impact on their judgment or trajectory. Fluency with AI tools in your own work, and a track record of raising that bar across the PMs you influence. Familiarity with the modern cloud data stack and how collection quality and schema choices affect downstream analytics, ML, and BI. Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data validation, schema verification, and troubleshooting. Executive-level communicator, equally clear with engineers and senior leaders, who resolves disagreements through reasoning, not rank. Preferred Qualifications Data observability experience: monitoring pipelines for quality, freshness, schema drift, and anomalies. Experience evaluating or leading enterprise technology transitions: build-vs-buy, platform migration, and the change management involved. Familiarity with downstream ML and AI data requirements: what makes collected data usable as training signal or feature input. Strong grasp of data governance, privacy, and consent (GDPR, CCPA) and how regulation shapes collection architecture. Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Required Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in New York City, NY is $197,400 - $264,700 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $206,400 - $276,700 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA and Bristol, CT is $188,400 - $252,600 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.

Principal Software Engineer, Media Architecture Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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: 1.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. 2.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. 3.Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Job Summary: We are redefining how streaming media is delivered, experienced, and scaled across a global ecosystem. From live and linear streaming to VOD workflows, advertising integrations, metadata platforms, and playback clients, our mission is to build a cohesive, high-performing media platform that powers world-class viewer experiences. We are seeking a Principal Software Architect to operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, shaping end-to-end solutions across the Media Engineering ecosystem. This role is not confined to a single domain. You will architect systems that span ingest, processing, orchestration, distribution, and playback across platforms such as Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. This is a hands-on architecture role for a technical leader who can define vision, influence at scale, and dive deep into code and design when needed. What You'll Do Architecture & Technical Strategy Define and drive end-to-end solution architecture across Live, Linear, and VOD streaming workflows. Establish architectural patterns that unify media ingest, processing, metadata, ads, distribution, and playback ecosystems. Lead cross-domain design for integrations with Ad platforms, metadata services, rights systems, and client applications. Contribute to long-term technical strategy, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency across the media supply chain. Cross-Functional Leadership Partner with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and stakeholders teams to deliver cohesive platform solutions. Influence technical direction across multiple teams and organizations without direct authority. Lead architecture reviews, drive alignment, and resolve complex cross-system challenges. System Design & Implementation Design and document high-scale, distributed systems supporting millions of concurrent streams and global content distribution. Contribute to implementation where necessary, including prototyping, coding, and validating architectural decisions. Author clear architectural artifacts including solution designs, system diagrams, and technical proposals. Operational Excellence Champion best practices in observability, reliability, performance optimization, and cost management. Guide teams in building resilient systems with strong SLAs/SLOs. Use metrics and data to continuously improve system performance and user experience. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Challenge existing architectures and introduce modern approaches to evolving platform capabilities. Stay ahead of industry trends in streaming technologies, ad tech, and media workflows. Drive iterative improvements across systems, workflows, and developer experience. Basic Qualifications 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant time in architecture and distributed systems design. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Proven experience designing and scaling high-throughput, low-latency systems in a cloud environment. Strong proficiency in one or more languages such as Java, Python, or similar. Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and API design. Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms, including services such as S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SNS/SQS, or Kafka. Strong foundation in data modeling, system design, and performance optimization. Ability to write production-quality code and contribute hands-on when needed. Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience with media streaming systems, including Live, Linear, and VOD workflows. Knowledge of video delivery protocols (HLS, DASH), encoding/transcoding pipelines, and CDN distribution. Experience with media player and client integrations for video playback Familiarity with Ad Tech ecosystems, including SSAI, and ad decisioning systems. Experience working with player/client technologies across web, mobile, and connected devices. Exposure to machine learning applications in media workflows (e.g., content enrichment, personalization). Prior experience operating in a large-scale streaming platform environment. What Sets You Apart You think in systems, not silos, and can connect architecture across domains. You balance vision with execution, capable of both defining strategy and delivering outcomes. You are a force multiplier, elevating teams through influence, clarity, and technical leadership. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving alignment across complex organizations. Product Engineering 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. The hiring range for this position in NY, NY is $197,400 to $264,700 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $188,400 to $252,600 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 description: Chief Information Officer This is not a Remote/Work From Home opportunity. Principal Responsibilities: Leadership Characteristics The successful candidate will be a practical technology executive who understands community banking and can operate effectively in a lean environment. This individual must be comfortable advising senior management and the Board while remaining close to the Banks systems, vendors, employees and day-to-day technology needs. The CIO should demonstrate sound judgment, strong communication skills, financial discipline and the ability to manage several priorities at once. The position requires someone who can challenge existing practices when necessary, explain technical issues clearly and work effectively across the organization. The successful candidate must also be an effective executor. This individual should establish clear priorities, create accountability, raise issues early and follow important initiatives through to completion. Strategic & Executive Leadership Develop and maintain a technology plan that supports the Banks strategic goals, growth plans, risk appetite and operating priorities. Serve as the primary technology advisor to executive management and the Board of Directors. Translate the Banks strategic priorities into defined technology, data and process-improvement initiatives. Recommend technology priorities and investments based on business need, risk, expected return and total cost. Work with department leaders to identify opportunities to improve service, efficiency, scalability and accountability through technology. Keep executive management and the Board informed about major technology projects, cybersecurity risks, system issues, vendor performance and industry developments. Evaluate new technologies and determine whether they are practical and appropriate for the Bank. Help establish a disciplined approach to prioritizing technology requests across the organization. Execution & Operating Performance Maintain an enterprise technology project portfolio with clear priorities, business owners, milestones, budgets and expected outcomes. Establish regular reporting on project progress, implementation risks, costs, delays and results. Hold internal teams, project leaders and outside providers accountable for agreed-upon commitments. Identify and address barriers that prevent technology initiatives from being completed on time or producing the intended results. Work with business leaders to improve the use of existing systems before recommending additional technology investments. Simplify processes, reduce unnecessary manual work and improve coordination between departments. Establish meaningful service levels and performance measures for technology operations, projects and critical vendors. Conduct post-implementation reviews to determine whether major projects achieved their operational, financial and risk-management objectives. Provide executive management with clear information regarding competing priorities, resource limitations and execution risks. Promote greater discipline in project planning, decision-making, documentation and follow-through. Technology Operations & Core Systems Oversee the Banks technology infrastructure, networks, telecommunications, hardware, software and business applications. Ensure that systems supporting branches, lending, deposits, payments, financial reporting and customer-facing channels are reliable and properly supported. Oversee the Banks core processing system and other critical applications. Lead major technology projects, including system implementations, integrations, conversions, migrations and upgrades. Work with business units to improve the use of existing systems and eliminate unnecessary duplication. Establish clear processes for system access, change management, technical support, incident management and issue resolution. Maintain appropriate documentation for systems, applications, procedures and technology decisions. Balance internal technology resources with the use of managed-service providers and outside specialists. Maintain an appropriate technology architecture that supports the Banks current operations and anticipated growth. Cybersecurity, Risk & Regulatory Compliance Provide leadership for the Banks cybersecurity and information-security programs. Work closely with the Information Security Officer and other risk leaders to maintain effective controls. Oversee access management, network security, data protection, vulnerability management, security monitoring and incident response. Ensure technology policies and practices comply with applicable laws, regulations and regulatory guidance, including FFIEC and GLBA requirements. Coordinate technology-related regulatory examinations, internal audits, external audits and independent assessments. Ensure audit, examination and assessment findings are addressed in a timely and effective manner. Communicate significant technology and cybersecurity risks to executive management and the Board. Promote cybersecurity awareness throughout the Bank. Participate in enterprise risk-management activities and provide informed assessments of technology, cybersecurity and third-party risks. Public-Company Controls & Disclosure Support Partner with Finance, Risk, Internal Audit and external auditors to maintain effective technology controls supporting financial reporting and public-company requirements. Maintain appropriate controls over system access, system changes, data integrity and technology used in financial reporting. Support the Banks compliance with applicable internal-control and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Ensure technology-control documentation is complete, current and available for review by management, auditors and regulators. Identify technology-control weaknesses and oversee timely remediation. Work with Finance to maintain the reliability of system-generated reports and information used in financial reporting. Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Risk and executive management when technology or cybersecurity matters may require regulatory or public disclosure. Escalate significant cybersecurity incidents promptly and provide accurate information to support materiality assessments and disclosure decisions. Support the preparation of required cybersecurity risk-management, governance and incident disclosures. Provide technology and cybersecurity information to the Board, Audit Committee or other Board committees as requested. Vendors, Projects & Business Continuity Manage relationships with the Banks core processor, software providers, managed-service providers and other critical technology vendors. Lead technology vendor selection, due diligence, contract review and performance monitoring. Evaluate vendors based on service quality, financial condition, cybersecurity controls, business-continuity capabilities and regulatory requirements. Hold vendors accountable for service levels, security requirements, project commitments and timely issue resolution. Develop and manage the Banks technology operating and capital budgets. Evaluate technology spending based on business value, risk reduction, expected benefits and total cost. Oversee technology disaster-recovery planning and testing. Ensure critical systems, applications and data can be recovered within established timeframes. Participate in the Banks broader business continuity, crisis-management and incident-response planning. Ensure technology projects are properly scoped, prioritized, resourced and completed within established budgets and timelines. Data & Reporting Support the Banks data, reporting and business-intelligence needs. Work with business leaders to improve the quality, consistency and availability of information used by management and the Board. Help establish clear ownership and accountability for critical data. Improve the reliability and usefulness of management reporting. Ensure appropriate controls are in place to protect sensitive and confidential information. Evaluate opportunities to use automation, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies in a controlled and practical manner. Establish appropriate governance for the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technology. Help the Bank make better use of technology and data to support customer service, risk management, financial performance and decision-making. Team Leadership Lead, develop and retain the Banks technology staff. Establish clear responsibilities, performance expectations and service standards. Promote accountability, responsiveness, collaboration and strong internal customer service. Provide appropriate training, cross-training and succession planning. Build effective working relationships throughout the Bank. Ensure the technology team understands the Banks business priorities and the importance of timely execution. Create an environment in which issues are raised early, responsibilities are clear and commitments are met. Qualifications: Chief Information Officer This is not a Remote/Work From Home opportunity. Education and Experience Bachelors degree in information technology . click apply for full job details

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. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: We are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering, focused on BI & Analytics to lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary team in building and maintaining the data pipelines, AI-powered data solutions, and custom analytics UIs and dashboards that are foundational to Disney's Ad Platforms. In this role, you'll manage both frontend and backend software & data engineering, ensuring that business and end-user needs are met with reliability, scalability, and outstanding UI/UX design. The ideal candidate will be both a technical leader and a people manager with deep expertise in software, data engineering and platform strategy. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Instill a culture grounded in engineering best practices such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Ensure engineering principles are consistently applied across projects and teams Manage, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing software and data engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Coordinate with Product Management to align engineering roadmaps with product initiatives and timelines Partner with Program Managers to drive planning, prioritization, and delivery of cross-functional efforts Collaborate with QA leadership to build data quality processes and end-to-end validation such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Ensure engineering principles are consistently applied across projects and teams Lead and grow a high-performing team of software and data engineers working on mission-critical data products Set engineering roadmaps, delivery timelines, and platform-level initiatives Drive adoption of best-in-class tools and practices for data governance, lineage, observability, and cost optimization Provide technical guidance and career development for the team Collaborate with senior leadership to define data strategy and long-term architecture vision Manage capacity planning, resource allocation, and performance reviews Lead vendor/tool evaluations and oversee key integration efforts Partner with BI and analytics leads to ensure consistent, reliable data is delivered across the enterprise Spearhead the implementation of custom dashboards and analytics UIs, leveraging modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, etc.), advanced data visualization, and design system best practices. Rapidly prototype UI components tailored to stakeholder/business requirements, ensuring high standards for usability, accessibility, and visual polish. Drive the integration of AI/ML solutions into both backend pipelines and analytics products; champion the use of AI-powered software development processes and robust, end-to-end SDLC practices. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Required Qualifications Languages: Scala, Python, SQL, JavaScript Data Processing: Apache Spark, Flink, Airflow Platforms & Tools: Databricks, Hive, Presto, Snowflake Cloud: AWS (S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda) Minimum of 8 years of relevant software engineering, data engineering or data science - preferably with a digital media or digital advertising company Experience delivering products in an agile software development environment including sprint work in Jira Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and partner across multiple teams and organizations Strong SQL experience including writing/optimizing complex queries against distributed data stores such as Aurora, Hadoop, Hive, Oracle, and Snowflake Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Apache NiFi or Apache Airflow Expert level knowledge in at least one programming language such as Python, R, Scala, Java. Demonstrated experience working with business intelligence tools such as MicroStrategy, Tableau, Business Objects, Looker, etc. Strong experience building and deploying dashboards and UIs with frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue. Demonstrated ability to quickly prototype and implement custom UI components to meet evolving business/stakeholder specs. Familiarity with AI-powered solution development and integrating machine learning into production data/analytics environments. Strong software development life cycle (SDLC) management experience, including source control, CI/CD, and agile workflows (Jira). Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to technical and unacquainted audiences Experience in working with large datasets (Terabytes or more) Strong presentation and documentation skills including experience working with Confluence, Power Point, and Lucid Chart Strong analytical and critical thinking skills Enjoy working collaboratively with a talented group of people to tackle challenging business problems so we all succeed (or fail fast) as a team Preferred Qualifications Experience designing, building and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) data platforms, dashboards, and reporting environments Experience in Ad Tech, particularly Linear or Addressable Advertising Experience with digital advertising systems and ecosystems Experience using data analytics to triage and troubleshoot advertising workflows Experience with network topologies, systems architecture overviews, and entity relationship diagrams (ERD) Experience with rapid prototyping and agile delivery of analytics products. Required Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related technical fields, or equivalent experience Additional Information: Engineers are expected to be in the office four days a week. This role is hiring in Glendale, CA The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is between $171,600 - $230,100, Seattle, WA is between $179,700 - $241,000 and San Francisco, CA is between $187,900 - $252,000. 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 the Role At Disney, we're storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt's passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world-a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences - and we're constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences. At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company's premier vacation brands including Disney's Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. We are seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead through influence - shaping strategy, driving enterprise alignment, and guiding our most critical technology initiatives across the Commerce, Ticketing, and Guest Experience domains. This is not an ivory-tower role. Our Principal Architects work shoulder-to-shoulder with business leaders, solution teams, and technologists to connect strategy with execution. The ideal candidate blends executive presence, architectural depth, and collaboration mastery, inspiring teams to deliver technology that scales the Disney magic globally. What You Will Do Lead Through Influence: Operate as a senior advisor and strategic influencer to executives and domain leaders, helping align technology investments with business outcomes. Advance Repository Practices: Ensure architectural metadata and taxonomy integrity within the BlueDolphin repository, enabling enterprise transparency and decision support. Foster Collaboration: Build partnerships with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Security teams to co-own outcomes, not dictate them. Mentor and Inspire: Coach solution architects across federated business domains to raise the bar on architecture quality, reusability, and scalability. Communication and Influence: Translate architectural strategy into compelling business narratives that resonate with executive audiences and technical teams alike. Champion Modernization and Platform Thinking: Lead initiatives that simplify, modernize, and integrate platforms across Commerce, Payments, Ticketing, and Entitlements. Balance Short-Term Delivery with Long-Term Strategy: Facilitate informed trade-offs, track technical debt decisions, and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives. What We're Looking For: Required Qualifications & Skills Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field required. 10+ years of increasing levels of responsibility in architecture-oriented roles. 5+ years of experience as an Enterprise Architect 8+ years of Software Engineering experience across multiple languages, both front-end and back-end. Expertise with enterprise architecture repository tools (e.g., tools similar to BlueDolphin or LeanIX) Strong leadership experience mentoring architecture teams Proven ability to influence without authority across technical and business domains Experience defining and applying metadata models, taxonomy relationships, and governance Demonstrated ability to lead cross-domain architectural initiatives and guide decision processes Understanding of both front-end and back-end technologies Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions to business stakeholders Deep understanding of governance frameworks (TOGAF or similar) and experience if Architecture Review Board both reviewing and presenting Experience developing and managing architecture taxonomies, patterns, and standards. Proven ability to align architecture with strategic objectives, OKRs, and scorecards. Hands-on familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), API-led integration, security-by-design, and data architecture principles. Experience integrating emerging platforms or modernizing legacy systems at scale. Evaluate emerging technologies within your area of expertise to guide strategic recommendations. Shape scalable architectures and support planning for complex enterprise projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to define requirements and influence technical direction. Core Leadership Capabilities Demonstrate executive presence: can influence VP and SVP level leaders without authority. Proven collaboration leader who mobilizes teams across organizational boundaries. Skilled storyteller who can articulate the "why" behind architectural direction in simple, business-relevant terms. Diplomatic and pragmatic - a trusted advisor who aligns people as effectively as systems. Business and Cultural Alignment Thrives in a federated, creative, and high-visibility environment, where technology enables storytelling and guest experience. Comfortable operating in matrixed organizations and partnering with multiple business units. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills - clear, concise, and outcome-oriented. Preferred Qualifications 6+ years of experience in an organization architecturally supporting commerce, payments, ticketing, or entitlements domains Advanced degree in Computer Science or similar (MBA, MS) preferred. Experience delivering architecture in platform-oriented and product-led organizations Background in API design and messaging standards Knowledge of security-by-design principles and secure architecture practices Experience integrating SaaS solutions and working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Familiarity with architecture maturity models and scorecards Certifications such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, or equivalent enterprise architecture frameworks are desirable. 8+ years of experience working with cloud vendors 8+ years of experience with databases (relational and non-relational) Experience with SaaS vendor implementations Experience with messaging patterns and API design best practices Experience implementing security best practices and security-by-design The Ideal Candidate A Principal Enterprise Architect at Disney Experiences: Thinks strategically like an executive and acts pragmatically like a builder. Is as comfortable on stage presenting to VPs as in workshops with engineers. Believes architecture is a team sport - driven by collaboration, context, and clarity. Measures success not by control, but by influence and adoption. The hiring range for this position in Orlando, Florida is $175,000-$210,000 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.