Lead Software Engineer - Android
Company: The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 12, 2025
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Job Description:
Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and
future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a
global organization of engineers, product developers, designers,
technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and
advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business
globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class
products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and
scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators.
Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with
every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance
the technological foundation and consumer media touch points
serving millions of people around the world.Here are a few reasons
why we think you'd love working here:
1. Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are
designing and building the products and platforms that will power
our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to
come.
2. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and
products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with
the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC
News---and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched
stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions
of people globally.
3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and
techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and
distinctive technical problems.Product Engineering is a unified
team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN
digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product
engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering
behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.Disney's
Android team is seeking an experienced Software Engineer who is
excited to build apps enjoyed by millions around the world. You
will be building scalable, elegant solutions for the Android
applications on Disney+ and Star+ across a wide array of devices
including phones, tablets, and TVs. Our highly collaborative group
works in tandem with many cross-functional teams. We value pristine
communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as a bias
for action. We are incredibly invested in maintaining high code
quality standards with unit tests, automated tests, modern
libraries, and a Kotlin codebase. We strive to build the best Live
and video-on-demand (VOD) applications in the world, and we look
forward to hearing more about your skills and how they can help us
achieve this lofty goal.Responsibilities:You assist with critical
components including our release process, remote configuration
management, and live production issues.You have and will lead
entire projects from start to finish.While familiar with the
high-level aspects of our project as a whole, you are also focused
on and monitoring the health of the team.You not only seek out
leadership opportunities to improve processes, but you do it with
finesse and a positive attitude.You are comfortable facilitating
career growth amongst team members and are invested in the
long-term success of the company.Basic Qualifications:Bachelor's
degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field
or equivalent job experience.7+ years of production experience with
Kotlin or the Android SDKProficiency with Reactive Programming and
Dependency InjectionWell-versed in different architectural patterns
(MVI/MVVM or equivalent)Pristine communication skills who can
collaborate well across teamsYou write phenomenal code, tests, and
documentationExperience resolving production issues ideally on a
large scaleSuccessfully lead a project from start to
finishPreferred Qualifications:Comfortable using common Android
libraries such as Dagger 2 / Hilt, RxJava2, GroupieFamiliarity with
Android TV / Amazon Fire TV developmentExperience with streaming
video, codecs, and DRMKnowledgeable about maintaining a large
modularized codebaseExperience using performance evaluation tools
such as Android ProfilerExperience with Kotlin, Java, Android SDK,
Dependency Injection, Gradle, Databases, Reactive paradigms, and
coroutines.Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present,
and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a
global organization of engineers, product developers, designers,
technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and
advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business
globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class
products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and
scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators.
Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with
every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance
the technological foundation and consumer media touch points
serving millions of people around the world.Here are a few reasons
why we think you'd love working here:
1. Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are
designing and building the products and platforms that will power
our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to
come.
2. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and
products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with
the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC
News---and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched
stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions
of people globally.
3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and
techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and
distinctive technical problems.Product Engineering is a unified
team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN
digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product
engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering
behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.Disney's
Android team is seeking an experienced Software Engineer who is
excited to build apps enjoyed by millions around the world. You
will be building scalable, elegant solutions for the Android
applications on Disney+ and Star+ across a wide array of devices
including phones, tablets, and TVs. Our highly collaborative group
works in tandem with many cross-functional teams. We value pristine
communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as a bias
for action. We are incredibly invested in maintaining high code
quality standards with unit tests, automated tests, modern
libraries, and a Kotlin codebase. We strive to build the best Live
and video-on-demand (VOD) applications in the world, and we look
forward to hearing more about your skills and how they can help us
achieve this lofty goal.Responsibilities:
The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $159,500 -
$213,900 per year; the hiring range for this position in San
Francisco, California is $166,800 - $223,600 per year. 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.Sobre The Walt Disney Company:Disability
Accommodation for Employment ApplicationsThe Walt Disney Company
and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity
employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with
disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a
disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order
to search for a job opening or apply for a position, visit the
Disney candidate disability accommodations FAQs . We will only
respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of
the online application system due to a disability.Acompanhe nossas
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