Product Software Engineer II - Frontend

The Walt Disney Company • Santa Monica, CA

1d • $117,500 - $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

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.

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: Mid Level