Senior SDET - Backend Infrastructure & APIs

The Walt Disney Company • Glendale, CA

12h

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test within DEEP&T, you will touch the lives of Disney fans around the world, working on innovative digital products and platforms from Disney, ESPN, National Geographic, ABC, Marvel, Star Wars and more. You will be a leader on the Quality Engineering team, whose primary goal is continually improving the quality of the products that Disney is known for while decreasing time-to-market and enabling innovation. This role makes you a stakeholder in every digital property developed and released by the DEEP&T group, as well as the platforms and enterprise applications that power them. As an experienced Senior Software Engineer in Test who has passion to drive quality and productivity into world-class applications and services, you will be an integral part of a small group of talented and driven software engineers dedicated to building test automation, tools, reports, and services that enable product engineering teams to deliver all Disney digital applications with the quality and reliability expected by our guests.

Requirements

• 5 years of relevant experience in a software development in test (SDET or SE) occupation, including automated and/or unit testing of front end and backend services
• Bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent in related field or equivalent years of work experience.
• Proficient in object-oriented design and expertise with one of the following programming languages: Python, Java, Node/JavaScript
• Experience working with high-performing teams using Agile and Lean methodologies
• Experience in modern design patterns and techniques, deriving and gathering quality KPI’s to give insight into product’s health and progress
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to use standard software development lifecycle (SDLC) tools such as Jira and Confluence, and version control systems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience shipping production Python, Flask, Django, React or Node.js applications.
• Experience with developing and deploying applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and optimizing cost efficiency.
• Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, and Kinesis
• Experience writing Gherkin Syntax to facilitate the development of automated test scenarios.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems.
• Experience with testcase management (e.g. JIRA Xray), code management (e.g. git, SonarQube) and data visualization (e.g. Grafana, Data Dog) tools.

Responsibilities

• Independently breaking down large epics and stories into smaller tasks based on stakeholder requirements
• Contributing to the architecture, development and maintenance of test frameworks and pipelines that verify backend services and APIs across multiple products.
• Developing and supporting high quality code to build and enhance test automation, quality infrastructure, and innovative proof-of-concepts.
• Maintaining documentation meant for both end user and project contributor consumption.
• Supporting and mentoring junior developers, providing meaningful insight, code reviews and technical direction across the team.
• Investigating and troubleshooting issues across our services and driving them to resolution.
• Keeping up with industry trends and new publicly available technologies, coming up with innovative ideas and solutions for complex technical problems
• Serving as an advanced resource for engineers on the team, training and helping others to contribute meaningful and impactful features and capabilities.
• Being an active member of the larger Quality Engineering team, helping increase productivity and impact through innovation, curiosity, and thoughtful debate.

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