Senior Software Engineer - Front End

The Walt Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences.
Glendale, CA, USASanta Monica, CA, USASan Francisco, CA, USA
$138,900 - $203,900
Frontend
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Entertainment · Consumer

Description For Senior Software Engineer - Front End

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Ad Platforms team, you will focus on engineering complex user interfaces with rich interactions. You will use your deep UI engineering and creative skills to take an influential role in iterating and continuously deploying new features, functionality, and products to our customers. You will be an important part of a lean DevOps and automation culture where we'll be looking for you to collaborate with the backend and product teams to drive UI architectures, development standards, and to build optimized experiences for our end-users.

The role offers the opportunity to work on industry-leading ad technology and products – driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content across all media platforms. You'll be working with a diverse portfolio of brands including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, ABC, and ABC News, reaching millions of users globally.

The ideal candidate must be fluent in JavaScript and TypeScript, while also combining expertise with modern reactive JavaScript libraries, tools, and runtimes to engineer abstract, secure, reusable, and testable UI components and applications. This person should also have home-grown Design System experience, having collaborated tightly with creative teams to champion and influence component reusability, maintainability, and configurability across a diverse UI portfolio.

The compensation package includes a competitive base salary ranging from $138,900 to $203,900 depending on location, plus potential bonuses, long-term incentives, and comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, 401k, equity, and parental leave. Join us in building the future of Disney's media technology and be part of a team that creates entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

Last updated 11 days ago

Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer - Front End

  • Provide hands-on UI engineering expertise and collaborate with leads and teams to design, architect, and optimize cloud-native applications
  • Champion quality engineering practices like linting, unit testing, web UI testing, and pipeline automation
  • Mentor and lead junior staff through reference implementations and code reviews
  • Collaborate with product teams to establish design system standards
  • Design high-performing web applications
  • Investigate and resolve production issues
  • Work closely with project managers to ensure timely deliverables

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer - Front End

JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Node.js
MongoDB
Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in web application development
  • Expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and UI frameworks (React, Next.js/Remix.run)
  • Experience designing RESTful services with SQL/NoSQL databases
  • Strong understanding of browser compatibility and user-agent interoperability
  • Proven track record of writing testable UI code
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer - Front End

Medical Insurance
401k
Equity
Parental Leave
  • Medical Insurance
  • 401k
  • Equity
  • Parental Leave

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