Senior Disney Devops Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Posting Title:

Sr Product Software Engineer

Req ID:

10154568

Job Description:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you'd love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

• Reach & Scale: The Disney+ Product and platform this group builds and operates delights millions of consumers every minute of every day.

• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Job Summary:

We're looking for experienced Journey-level Product Software Engineer for the Roku Player team, where you'll be part of the team that builds our Disney+ Direct-to-Consumer client app on Roku streaming devices and smart TVs. We're looking for an engineer who, ideally, has experience in BrightScript, SceneGraph, and is ready to write client apps that provide the best experiences for our viewers.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Be a critical member of a team of engineers responsible for building the client player and playback experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku SceneGraph SDK.

• Contribute to the development of new application features across many areas, including the player domain.

• Buildtools and systems outside of the Roku apps, including JavaScript-based and React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services.

• Partner with Roku to evaluate new hardware, firmware and certification requirements from a client application perspective.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications

• At least 5 years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with at least 2 years BrightScript experience.

• Bachelor's degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience.

• Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture.

• Proficient in technical design and development of generalized solutions, such as reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic that can be consumed by multiple applications.

• Experience mentoring junior level team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive 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 to viewers.

• Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs.

• Experience with player technologies, such as HLS, MPEG-DASH, Transport Stream, and CMAF.

• Experience working on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities.

• 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.

• Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development.

• Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $141,900 - $190,300 and NYC $148,700 - $199,400. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment:

PE - Streaming Frontend

Job Posting Primary Business:

PE - Streaming Frontend - Application Player Experiences Software Engineering

Primary Job Posting Category:

Product Software Engineering

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

New York, NY, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave

Date Posted:

2026-07-06