Software Engineer II

Department/Group Overview:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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.

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney's linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney's media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney's EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

The Rights & Accounting fleet oversees products and optimizes workflows that enable TWDC to monetize content including content rights and avails management, content sales and content protection, content accounting, and talent payments.

Job Summary:

As a Software Engineer II, you will play a meaningful role working across Rights Management supply chain applications, building and supporting automation and enhance quality across diverse systems. In this role you will focus on building robust test automation frameworks and quality processes tailored to Disney's content rights management system needs. This position might be a great fit if you:

• Are a curious and efficient engineer who wants to help shape the direction of development and collaborate closely with some of the brightest minds in our organization.
• Innovative, proactive and thrive in an agile, collaborative environment where teamwork and innovation are valued.

In this role, you will play a crucial role in strengthening test automation strategies, leading quality initiatives, and championing a culture of engineering excellence.

You will collaborate closely with multiple internal and external teams to enable robust data integration capabilities.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Technical Expertise: Possesses working knowledge of technologies used by the organization and contributes to key areas. Capable of fixing medium-complexity bugs and implementing stories with some guidance. Familiar with team practices and applies them effectively. Technical contributions are consistent and reliable
• Use AI‑assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity, support automation testing, troubleshooting, and documentation
• Develop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API and Integration levels of testing using python or other OO language
• Assist with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams
• Contribute to end-to-end acceptance tests
• Where necessary, develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means
• Drive the conversion of manual tests to automated whenever possible
• Influence and Leadership: Serves as a resource for less experienced engineers and begins mentoring in areas of expertise. Shares information and communicates blockers more effectively. Participates in team discussions and delivers feedback
• Ownership & Scope: Develops and tests features within existing systems and contributes to architectural direction. Breaks down features into tasks and participates in code reviews and planning. Decisions may influence the work of others. Scope includes small features and technical problem-solving within the team

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience in a software engineering role
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on software test development experience, including both functional and non-functional test development
• Knowledge of Agentic workflows and MCP design patterns
• Familiarity with AI-powered APIs and tools
• Strong expertise in SQL, including database objects, relational database concepts, stored procedures, query optimization, and data modeling
• Proficient in Java, Javascript, Python
• Proficiency in SQL, Python/Java, and ETL processes, along with familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-based data warehousing e.g. Snowflake
• Skills in data validation, modeling, ETL pipelines and software engineering principles
• Strong desire for establishing and improving product quality
• Experience building or improving test automation frameworks
• Experience in CICD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools
• Experience in UI automation (Selenium, Playwright)
• Experience across the full software development lifecycle, including continuous integration, unit and integration testing, functional testing, code reviews, and documentation
• Familiarity and experience with Agile methodologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience within the media and entertainment industry
• Knowledge of and experience with product management for content rights, licensing, and availability
• Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, or similar) in testing, autonomous testing, accelerate testing, and enhance documentation
• Experience with:
• Java, Python, Javascript
• AWS, AWS Lambda
• Kafka
• PostgreSQL, NoSQL
• Selenium, Playwright
• AI related tools (Cursor, Claude, Kiro etc.)

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $117,500 - $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.