Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology is looking to hire a Software Engineer I to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally, specifically focusing on the Roku Client Application Engineering Team to enhance Direct-to-Consumer client apps like Disney+, ESPN, and Hulu.
Requirements
- Demonstrated proficiency with JavaScript / TypeScript
- Ability to debug and resolve technical issues
- Solid understanding of how client applications interact with services
- Experience working with BrightScript and related Roku platform technology
- Experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations
- Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs
- Experience with unit testing and related patterns
Responsibilities
- Contribute to building and maintaining our client app experiences in BrightScript, SceneGraph, and related Roku platform technology
- Develop and support application features from on-boarding to the content discovery experience, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more.
- Learn and contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, such as JavaScript / React based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services
Other
- Solid communication skills – able to clearly communicate in code reviews, documentation, and verbally in team settings
- Preferred one year of related professional work and/or internship experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
