Lead, Software Engineer
Job Description
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their global team of innovators and builders. This role sits within the Product Engineering team, responsible for Disney's digital and streaming products and platforms. The position focuses on developing and maintaining quality control tools for media workflows, specifically working on player implementation and operator tooling integration.
The ideal candidate will lead the development of playback systems and quality control features, working with cutting-edge streaming technologies and media formats. They will be responsible for implementing new features, maintaining the QC player stack, and ensuring seamless integration with operator tools. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring expertise in media streaming, player technologies, and modern development practices.
Working at Disney offers the unique opportunity to be part of a company that values creativity and innovation while maintaining high technical standards. The role provides exposure to large-scale media delivery systems and the chance to work on products that reach millions of users globally. The position offers the excitement of working in a fast-paced media technology environment while contributing to one of the world's most recognized entertainment brands.
This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned software engineer who wants to make a significant impact on how media content is delivered and quality-controlled at scale. The role offers both technical challenges and leadership opportunities, making it ideal for someone looking to grow their career in media technology while working with cutting-edge streaming solutions.
Responsibilities For Lead, Software Engineer
- Implement new developmental features on purposely built player for A/V QC ecosystem
- Maintain QC player stack used by operator team
- Collaborative API design with peer teams
- Unblock issues blocking testing and release of VOD content
- Maintain strong understanding of code to identify, research and address issues
- Lead strategies to ensure quality and stability of deployments
- Develop project's build system and continuous integration system
- Provide technical expertise and mentoring to developers
- Hold team accountable to high development standards
- Provide on-call rotational support
Requirements For Lead, Software Engineer
- 5+ years of experience building production-grade playback systems across platforms
- Deep knowledge of media streaming formats (HLS, CMAF, MPEG-DASH)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering
- Advanced level of English
- Experience with subtitle formats and rendering pipeline
- Experience with Swift, AVFoundation, FairPlay, Kotlin/Java, ExoPlayer, Widevine DRM
- Understanding of async programming models and threading/concurrency
- Experience with build and deployment technologies like Jenkins and Docker
- Experience with messaging technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, SQS)
- Solid understanding of web accessibility fundamentals
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