Sr Software Engineer (Roku)

$142,600 - $191,100/Yr

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer position in the Media Player Engineering team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology focuses on designing and implementing video streaming playback solutions. This role involves collaboration with various teams to optimize the Disney Streaming technology stack, ensuring a high-quality streaming experience across all devices for Disney's direct-to-consumer brands such as Disney+, ESPN, and Hulu.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions for new features which integrate with various Disney media services/back-ends.
• Collaboration and API design with peer services and front-end teams.
• Research and development for media playback experiences, integration, and testing.
• Participation in project planning and team operations.

Requirements

• 5 years experience in software engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills.

Nice-to-haves

• 7 years experience in software engineering.
• 2 Years experience building apps for Roku using Brightscript.
• Proven track record at a senior software engineering level.
• Experience working directly with Video Playback technologies (MSE/EME, HLS, MPEG-DASH, Transport Stream, CMAF).

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.