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Job TitleSenior Engineer ? Full-Stack Application Development
Location: Santa Monica? DateReason:
New - Operational Analytics Initiative
Department/Group Overview: Describe the department or group. This information will be used to help attract and engage candidates.
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 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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news. If applicable insert Technology Org Description (e.g., Content Operations, Media Engineering) ? see bottom of document
Job Summary: Describe what the person will do in the role - how he/she will impact the organization. DFP is a tightly-knit team working within the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology?s (DE&E Tech) Data department. We focus on building cutting-edge applications, reducing redundancy, and providing end-to-end solutions that optimize our business processes. While focused on full-stack application development, we often foray into platform connectivity, BI tools, and big-data visualizations. As the business place moves toward more data-driven decision making, the ability to access data easily becomes very important. In turn, we work closely with Data Science, Marketing, and Personalization teams to create one-of-a-kind applications that enable the Disney Company to reach new heights of customer outreach and conversion. While we use known technologies to speed our development process, we also contribute to and push enterprise design and productivity through our innovative partnerships. Using your skills and experience in full-stack development, you will join a fun team of technically capable individuals that pride themselves on delivering the highest quality product.? Most of our applications are written in a NodeJS/Typescript/React stack, but we are able to cover many languages and frameworks with our breadth of experience.? In this role, you will focus on our Near-Real-Time reporting and visualizations platform. The work is fun and challenging, and we are often asked to break new ground in terms of user experience and application functionality. Join our small-but-mighty team in DE&E Tech and be a part of the magic! Responsibilities And Duties Of The Role Summarize job responsibilities, core deliverables and major duties. What is required for the position to exist???Focus on major areas of work, typically 20% or more of role% of TimeFull-stack application development using NodeJS/Express/React Typescript stack - Creation, maintenance, and support of a Near-Real-Time reporting and visualization platform from API-layer outward Planning discussions, team interactions, creating feature proposals Broader platform team discussions and interactions702010Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training Minimum and Preferred. Inclusive of Licenses/Certs (include functional experience as well as behavioral attributes and/or leadership capabilities) As a member of our team, you will strive to accomplish the following goals: Contribute to the successful implementation of solutions facing our platform and occasionally the broader DE&E teams Contribute to the development of frameworks, environments, build systems, and tooling for our platform Contribute to the creation, optimization, and support a visualization layer for near-real-time reporting Support the strategic analysis of existing technologies, future projects, and execution options Contribute to the definition of project / platform architecture and its proliferation Contribute to a clean-code environment utilizing shared-code best practices Become a core member of our team, building a platform of excellence that strives for optimized processes, maintainability, and accountability
Responsibilities:
  • Develop full-stack applications as part of a unified platform and user experience
  • Write code that is concise, optimized, and well-tested
  • Contribute to team discussions and planning sessions
  • Support a broad platform of associated tooling through on-call rotation
  • Deliver functional and supportable product as part of an agile development team
  • Work with design and test teammates to deliver high-quality and testable features
  • Write documentation for platform, functionality, or processes to augment knowledge transfer
  • Review teammate?s code and pull requests for overall quality, standards alignment, and test coverage
  • Required Education And Qualifications
  • Bachelor?s degree or the foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field with 5+ years of progressive experience in a software development (SDE) occupation, including automated testing of front end and backend services
Proficient in application development including NodeJS and React in JavaScript / Typescript 5+ years of experience with full-stack application development 5+ years of experience with high-test coverage delivery using unit- and front-end-test frameworks 3+ years of experience implementing visualization libraries (D3, for example) Experience with application builds in an infrastructure-as-code system (Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloud Formation, etc.)Experience with development in a CI/CD/CT environment Experience with performance tuning for large-data-set front-end / visualizations Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver project tasks on time Strong verbal and written communication skills. Being a highly motivated, self-starting individual
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with large-scale data libraries such as Druid
  • Experience collaborating with shared React component library
  • Experience with documentation creation / maintenance
  • Experience with developing applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS)
  • Experience working with Agile methodologies
  • Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals
  • Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, or Kinesis?
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems
  • Experience developing mocking mechanisms for tests
  • Business Operations
Business Operations is the glue of DE&E Technology, with a relentless focus on connecting all the pieces of the business. All the components that make up the organization ? engineering, product, design, operations, support and more ? come together and move the business forward with oversight, effective prioritization, and guidance. This team synthesizes information from across the business to ensure leaders are armed with all the necessary data before making strategic and financial decisions. From forecasting, funding, tracking, and reporting on projects, to ways of working, and resource management, Business Operations has visibility and input into all aspects of the team. Content Operations Content Operations is ultimately responsible for successfully delivering Disney?s entertainment and sports content to millions of people every day. This involves developing, operating, and managing a global content supply chain ? the myriad of steps involved from taking a finalized TV show/movie, or live piece of content, from inside Disney to audiences around the globe, in their preferred language and format. This team also manages technology operations in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. DesignThe Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E) Technology Design team thinks beyond what is possible today. They discover, disrupt, and chart a course to where our fans and consumers will be next. Design brings the Disney magic to life by building digital customer experiences via the entire portfolio of both consumer-facing products and internal products and tooling. This includes Sports, Entertainment, News, Streaming and Enterprise Products and Experiences. Engineering Services Engineering Services designs, builds, and sustains technology that powers DE&E Technology?s worldwide content production and distribution platforms. In doing so, they contribute to a series of cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality Assurance, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast Infrastructure, and Networking & Security. Media Engineering Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels ? including streaming, linear, and theatrical ? so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. ReactJS, Kafka, Docker, AWS