Lead Product Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company • San Francisco, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 7+ years of production experience with Kotlin and the Android SDK
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency with Reactive Programming and Dependency Injection
• Well-versed in different architectural patterns (MVI/MVVM or equivalent)
• Pristine communication skills who can collaborate well across teams
• Write phenomenal code, tests, and documentation
• Experience resolving production issues ideally on a large scale
• Successfully lead a project from start to finish

Nice To Haves

• Comfortable using common Android libraries such as Dagger 2 / Hilt, RxJava2, Groupie
• Familiarity with Android TV / Amazon Fire TV development
• Experience with streaming video, codecs, and DRM
• Knowledgeable about maintaining a large modularized codebase
• Experience using performance evaluation tools such as Android Profiler

Responsibilities

• Assist with critical components including our release process, remote configuration management, and live production issues.
• Lead entire projects from start to finish.
• Monitor the health of the team.
• Seek out leadership opportunities to improve processes.
• Facilitate career growth amongst team members.
• Invest in the long-term success of the company.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior