Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is looking to hire a Lead Software Engineer - Frontend to help build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team transforms large, complex datasets into fast and responsive user interfaces used by millions of people, and this role will push the boundaries of what is possible on the client side for content discovery, engagement, and personalization for streaming apps.
Requirements
- 7+ years building scalable production-quality web experiences
- Experience in a NodeJS application development environment.
- Experience working within a modern Javascript workflow through technologies such as: CSS Preprocessors, Styled Components, Single Page Application frameworks and Module Bundlers (Webpack etc.)
- Strong understanding of application security principles and best practices
- Proven ability to integrate with service APIs and/or SDKs
- Experience with observability platforms such as DataDog or New Relic to monitor application health and performance
- Hands on experience with React in a production application
Responsibilities
- Implement web interfaces and applications using JavaScript (ES6+) HTML and CSS
- Work on a modern stack including React, TypeScript, NodeJS, Amazon Web Services
- Enforce code quality through test driven development and code review
- Distill product requirements into design and technical specifications
- Collaborate closely with other engineering teams, product managers, and UX designers to define product requirements
- Build out new features and enhancements using React and Redux
- Maintain and support a production streaming app at global scale
Other
- Mentor junior developers and promote engineering best practices
- Ability to lead high-functioning engineering teams
- BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline and 7+ years relevant industry experience or 13+ years equivalent engineering experience without a BS degree in a technical field or 19+ years equivalent experience without a BS degree.
