Lead Software Engineer - Front End

About the position

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while transforming Disney's media business for the future. The team is responsible for evolving streaming and digital products, powering worldwide advertising and distribution, and delivering unmatched entertainment and sports content. This position is part of the Living Room Devices, Browser Based Device, Client Application Engineering Team, focusing on building Direct-to-Consumer client apps like Disney+, Star+, ESPN, and Hulu on various devices using browser and JavaScript technologies.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly prototype and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable media applications using TypeScript, JavaScript, and other web development technologies.
• Work closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineering leadership to build best-of-class, delightful streaming experiences.
• Collaborate with other developers to build, review, and deliver modern media applications to Samsung, LG, and other streaming-media devices.
• Use data and experimentation to reinforce the value of new product functionality and continuously improve applications.
• Provide mentorship to junior software engineers.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in front-end application development with proficiency in writing optimized JavaScript (ES5 & ES6) and TypeScript.
• Leadership skills, problem identification and solution driving abilities, eagerness to learn and teach new technologies.
• Experience building browser-based applications using TypeScript, JavaScript, Preact/React, and Redux.
• A deep understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, etc.).
• Experience developing sophisticated user interfaces in a large and organized codebase.
• Work samples demonstrating experience in building great user interfaces.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with common development tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Webpack, AWS, Confluence, JIRA.
• Experience building applications backed by web-services.
• Experience developing for Samsung, LG, or similar devices.
• Strong experience with Scrum methodology.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and/or other benefits depending on the level and position offered.
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.