Product Software Engineer II (News Front End)

The Walt Disney Company • New York, NY

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization focused on building and advancing the technological backbone for Disney’s media business. The team combines technology with creativity to create world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive innovation and scalability. Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms, including product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

As a Product Software Engineer II on the News Web Squad, you will be part of a team dedicated to building and maintaining web sites for ABC News and the eight ABC Owned and Operated Television Stations. This role involves surfacing personalized video, tallying election results, and connecting local audiences with breaking news. The team collaborates with engineers from ESPN and Disney's entertainment brands, utilizing modern server-side and web technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Node, and React to deliver scalable solutions for new product features and core site architecture.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional software engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of front-end web development technologies, frameworks, and best practices.
• Extensive experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Node.js.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and core web development principles.
• Demonstrated ability to own features and components throughout the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to deployment and ongoing support.
• Experience developing automated tests and actively participating in peer code reviews to ensure code quality and maintainability.
• Proven ability to research, analyze, and solve complex technical challenges.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Highly motivated, proactive, and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment.
• BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building consumer-facing web experiences at scale.
• Experience integrating with a CMS or content delivery pipeline.
• Familiarity with A/B testing or experimentation platforms.
• Experience with personalization, recommendation, or feed-driven UIs.
• Comfortable using AI coding assistants as part of your workflow, with strong judgment about when to lean on them.
• Experience with AWS or another major cloud provider.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment tooling.
• Experience with Web accessibility (WCAG) standards.
• Experience with Monitoring/observability tools such as New Relic or Datadog.
• Experience with high-traffic consumer products.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship component-level features for ABC News and the ABC OTV station sites.
• Write clean, tested code in TypeScript, Node, and React; perform your own testing and debugging; uphold readability and maintainability standards in peer code reviews.
• Participate in developing specifications for assigned components, projects, and fixes; ask the right clarifying questions of product and design partners.
• Contribute to the evolution of our engineering practices by recommending improvements to development, coding, maintenance, and system standards as you spot opportunities.
• Efficiently support software the team owns throughout its lifecycle: handle technical maintenance, troubleshoot production issues, and keep documentation current.
• Apply judgment within defined practices and procedures to resolve technical issues; identify problems clearly even when the solution isn't yet obvious, and escalate with context when you need guidance.

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