Software Development Engineer in Test II - Disney Media Player

The Walt Disney Company • Morrisville, NC

6d • $92,900 - $124,500 • Onsite

About The Position

The DEEP & Technology team is looking for a Software Development in Test Engineer to join our expanding quality engineering efforts supporting the Disney Media Player across clients and devices. As part of our mission to scale automation and enhance quality across our streaming platforms, this role will focus on building robust test automation frameworks and quality processes for media player verification across web, mobile, connected TV, and gaming console platforms. Your work will help ensure that the Disney Media Player delivers seamless, high-quality streaming experiences to millions of viewers. You’ll ensure the integrity and performance of playback across diverse device platforms and network conditions. You’ll help maintain reliable player behavior by catching integration and service-level issues early in the development cycle. When these systems work as intended, they drive better customer experiences, increase trust in our platform, and reduce costs associated with bugs in production. As an SDET, you will play a crucial role in strengthening test automation strategies, leading quality initiatives, and championing a culture of engineering excellence. This is a great opportunity to be part of a talented and collaborative team, with the autonomy to influence test architecture and the support to drive meaningful change. The ideal candidate is innovative, proactive, and thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments. If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape quality across core pillars of our business and want your work to be impactful and visible at all levels, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on software test development experience, including both functional and non-functional test development
• Passion around driving best practices in the testing space
• Solid experience with JS/Node, Python, or other modern OO languages
• Experience with or interest in test automation across multiple device platforms (smart TVs, set-top boxes, mobile, web, gaming consoles)
• Interest in streaming media concepts (playback quality, ABR, DRM, codec behavior)
• Experience building or improving test automation frameworks
• Experience in CICD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools.
• Experience in Gherkin ( BDD /TDD )
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science (or equivalent degree or work experience)

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Software Engineers to understand the Disney Media Player and its cross-device ecosystem at DEEP&T
• Develop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API and Integration levels of testing using JS/Node or other modern languages
• Participate in design discussions for our platform to help evolve the platform in a way that enables richer testing scenarios that simplify defect detection and prevention
• Assist with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams.
• Contribute to end-to-end acceptance tests
• Where necessary, develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means
• Drive the conversion of manual tests to automated whenever possible
• Part of product teams in building architectures which are robust, fault-tolerant, and cross-device.
• Builds solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity that have been successfully deployed to customers/users.
• Influences and drives software engineering best practices within the team
• Technically lead and deliver multiple projects utilizing an Agile methodology while reviewing team members code.
• Participates in developing technical and/or business approaches; and new/enhanced technical tools.
• Owns the design of software programs or systems within the team, and within the organization.
• Writes codes that establishes and enhances frameworks.
• Reviews code for the design, testability and clear usability.
• Builds solutions that scale and perform.
• Identifies opportunities to improve the system/product/services with each iteration.

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