Product Software Engineer II - Frontend

Job Summary:

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:

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

The Disney Growth, Commerce, and Identity Experience organization powers the foundational user experiences across Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and other Walt Disney Company business units. These experiences are built on a shared identity platform that enables secure, seamless authentication, registration, and account management for hundreds of millions of users globally.

The Identity Client Experience team owns and evolves the critical web-based identity surfaces that serve as the front door to Disney's streaming ecosystem - including login, registration, account management, profile management, and identity verification flows. These systems are essential to enabling secure access, supporting commerce and marketing initiatives, and delivering trusted, scalable user experiences.

We are seeking a Product Software Engineer II with deep web expertise and a passion for building secure, scalable, and highly reliable client experiences. In this role, you will design and develop core identity experiences used across Disney's streaming platforms, collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, and help shape the future of identity on the web.

Why Join the Identity Client Experience Team

• Build the identity platform powering all of the Walt Disney Company including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN
• Work on systems that serve hundreds of millions of users globally
• Solve complex engineering challenges at massive scale
• Influence the architecture and evolution of Disney's identity ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class engineers across streaming, commerce, and platform teams

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance identity experiences including login, registration, account management, and profile flows across Disney's web platforms.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate business and user requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead the development and delivery of complex features spanning multiple systems and teams, ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code while enforcing engineering best practices, including automated testing and code reviews.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor, supporting team members through guidance, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback.
• Drive improvements in engineering standards, tooling, architecture, and development processes to enhance team productivity and system quality.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, identifying root causes and implementing long-term solutions.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help evolve the identity platform to support scale, security, and future growth.
• Partner with cross-functional teams across commerce, streaming, security, and platform engineering to deliver cohesive identity solutions.
• Support software throughout its lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, observability, and continuous improvement.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 3 years of related work experience
• Basic foundational programming knowledge of web based applications
• Experience working within a modern Javascript workflow
• Proven ability to learn, understand, and adapt to new technologies
• Self-learner who identifies root causes and drives solutions
• Ability to write code that is easy to read and understand that follows standard methodologies
• Highly thorough with the ability to clearly detail work
• Exhibits emotional intelligence, managing oneself under high pressure/stressful situations and meets urgent timelines
• Optimally collaborates and communicates with team members

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience shipping a production React/Node.js application
• Experience with developing applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS)
• Experience working with Agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals

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The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $123,000 to $165,000 and in Los Angeles, CA is $117,500 to $157,500 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.

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About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we're blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world's most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney's ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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