Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
Description For Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. As a Lead Software Engineer in the Consumer Software Engineering team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology, you'll be at the forefront of building exciting experiences for our core streaming products like Disney+. This is a unique opportunity to help millions of customers discover and enjoy the best Disney stories with their families.
The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, where you'll architect and build sophisticated features using modern technologies like React, TypeScript, and AWS. You'll work closely with Product and Senior Leadership to ideate on new features while ensuring high performance and scalability of our streaming platforms that serve a global audience.
As a technical leader, you'll set engineering standards, mentor senior developers, and drive technical excellence across teams. You'll solve complex challenges in video streaming, large-scale web applications, and user experience optimization. The position offers the chance to work on products that reach millions of users worldwide while collaborating with talented engineers who are passionate about creating exceptional streaming experiences.
Disney offers a competitive compensation package including salary ranges of $152,200 to $223,600 (varying by location), along with bonus potential, equity opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. You'll be part of Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, a global organization that combines cutting-edge technology with creativity to build world-class products and enhance storytelling.
The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of experience building scalable web applications, strong technical architecture skills, and a proven track record of leading complex projects. You should have deep expertise in modern frontend technologies and a passion for mentoring other engineers. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of Disney's streaming technology while working on products that matter to millions of people globally.
Responsibilities For Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
- Lead large initiatives and help architect and develop core site functionality using JavaScript (ES6+) HTML and CSS
- Work on a modern stack including React, TypeScript, NodeJS, and Amazon Web Services
- Ideate with Product and Senior Leadership on potential new features
- Use industry standard methodologies to increase performance and scalability
- Set up golden standards for code quality and review pull requests
- Mentor and facilitate growth of senior engineers
- Maintain and support production streaming applications at global scale
Requirements For Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
- 7+ years experience building highly scalable web applications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience architecting sophisticated technical changes
- Mature understanding of front-end web development technologies
- Experience with modern JavaScript workflow
- Proven track record to research solutions to complex problems
- Highly accountable with ability to lead projects from beginning to end
- Writes well-documented, clear, and high quality code with tests
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies
- Ability to support and mentor senior developers
Benefits For Lead Software Engineer - Frontend
- Full range of medical benefits
- Bonus opportunities
- Long-term incentive units
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