Principal Software Engineer, Front End

2 Months ago • 10 Years + • Full Stack Development • $184,300 PA - $270,700 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Software Engineer, Front End will be a high-level technical resource, solving sophisticated challenges and improving systems. Responsibilities include working with a distributed team, owning project delivery, designing and implementing scalable platforms, advocating best practices, leading through metrics, driving best engineering practices, and challenging architectural choices. The role focuses on building the core sign-up, purchase, and subscription management experiences for Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Star+ web platforms. The ideal candidate will possess advanced knowledge of Node.js, React, TypeScript, and JavaScript best practices, and strong architectural skills. They should also demonstrate exceptional emotional intelligence, effective collaboration, and mentorship abilities.
Must have:
  • 10+ years software engineering experience
  • Advanced Node.js, React, TypeScript, JavaScript
  • Robust, scalable platform design & implementation
  • Mentoring senior engineers
  • High availability system architecture
  • Exceptional emotional intelligence
Good to have:
  • Experience with entertainment/streaming platforms
  • Implementing complex technical changes
  • Mentoring engineering managers & executives

Job Details

Job Summary:

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 our 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 enhance 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 here:

  • Building the future of Disney’s media: Our technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
  • Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
  • Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

The Commerce, Growth & Identity (CGI) organization is dedicated to three business-critical areas at Disney that will help transform its media business. We build innovative and cutting-edge capabilities to drive subscriptions, engagement, and monetization across Disney's streaming and digital products. We enable the wide range of Disney brands to connect and engage with consumers through a unified identity, powered by shared services that are trustworthy and seamless to integrate with.

The Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology (DE&ET) Commerce, Growth and Identity Client Engineering organization delivers experiences across Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Star+ built on a common platform and shared technology. We are fast-paced and fast-growing organization that shares knowledge and code for initiatives throughout Disney! Our mission: Building inclusive user-centered experiences that welcome users, guiding them through a seamless journey from login to sign up, and facilitating effortless account management. As a member on DE&ET Web Commerce team you’ll build the core sign-up, purchase, and subscription management experiences of our Web platform.

You will serve as a high level technical resource and “go-to” person, solving sophisticated technical challenges and finding opportunities to improve systems, products, and services!

Responsibilities

  • Work with a distributed team of engineers across multiple organizations building software in a collaboratively
  • Demonstrated ownership for the projects delivered by your team and department
  • Expertise in designing and implementing robust, scalable, redundant platforms, as well as in advocating best practices to fellow engineers
  • Lead through metrics – understand application performance & costs, and push for better results
  • Drive best engineering practices to write well-constructed and easy to maintain code, defensive and robust tests
  • Challenge current architectural choices while collaborating to solve problems in innovative new ways

Basic Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training or work experience.
  • Advanced knowledge Node.js, React, TypeScript and JavaScript best practices.
  • Proven ability to mentor senior, lead, and principal engineers
  • Strong architectures skills building systems that scale for high throughput and with high availability.
  • Proven ability to learn new technology and/or complex systems
  • Exceptional emotional intelligence, maintaining composure under high-pressure situations and meeting urgent deadlines.
  • Effective collaboration and communication skills, able to discuss technical topics clearly and engage in productive technical discussions.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience shipping entertainment/streaming media applications/platforms
  • Proven ability to strategize and implement complex technical changes, share knowledge, and gain support for solutions.
  • Strong track record supporting and mentor engineering managers and executive leaders, fostering trust, setting goals, and offering guidance.


The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $184,300.00 to $247,100.00 per year, in New York, NY is $193,100.00 to $258,900.00 per year, and in San Francisco, CA is $201,900.00 to $270,700.00 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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