Senior Software Engineer - Front End/Roku

About the position

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is focused on creating magical viewing experiences and transforming Disney's media business. The Lead Software Engineer will be part of the Roku Client Application team, responsible for building Direct-to-Consumer client apps like Disney+, Star+, ESPN, and Hulu on Roku devices. The role involves working with BrightScript and the Roku SceneGraph SDK to enhance user experiences and contribute to various application features.

Responsibilities

• Build client app experiences in BrightScript using the Roku SceneGraph SDK.
• Contribute to the development of new application features including onboarding, browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, and video playback UI/UX.
• Develop tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, such as JavaScript- & React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services.
• Work with Roku to vet new hardware, firmware, and certification requirements from a client application perspective.
• Collaborate with client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams, and product owners to understand and communicate requirements and device limitations.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with at least 2 years BrightScript experience.
• Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture.
• Proficient in technical design and development of generalized solutions, such as reusable utilities and UI components.
• Demonstrated ability to research and learn new technologies.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• Driven and self-motivated.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations.
• Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns, architectures, and approaches to present a data-driven UX.
• Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs.
• Experience with configuration-driven development.
• Experience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques.
• Experience creating and extending templated controls, and writing custom controls.
• Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code.
• Experience with unit testing and related patterns.
• Familiarity with streaming media technologies such as HLS, DRM, HDCP, SSAI, SGAI.
• Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins, and AWS.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and 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.