Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026

The Walt Disney Company • Glendale, CA

1d • Onsite

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. Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams. As a Software Engineering Intern, you will contribute to projects within our Content Platforms & Operations portfolio, which powers the creation and delivery of digital content across The Walt Disney Company’s media supply chain. This role offers hands-on experience with systems and applications that enable seamless content workflows for one of the world’s leading entertainment brands.

Requirements

• Experience with object-oriented programming (e.g., Java, Python, Kotlin) and a solid understanding of core principles.
• Strong problem-solving skills to troubleshoot software issues and implement effective solutions.
• Knowledge of non-relational databases such as MongoDB or DynamoDB, including basic data modeling concepts.
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub, GitLab) for collaborative development and automated workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with GraphQL, including knowledge of Federation and Supergraph design.
• Familiarity with cloud-based managed services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their core offerings.
• Ability to take ownership of tasks and drive projects to completion with minimal supervision.
• Strong professional presence—organized, articulate, and focused in both written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Use AI-assisted development tools to build software and automate routine tasks (e.g., generate test scaffolds, draft unit tests, summarize logs/stack traces, propose refactors), while adhering to team coding standards and privacy/security guidelines.
• Work with large-scale systems to maintain data consistency across a global media supply chain, gaining insight into enterprise-level complexity.
• Enhance and build new capabilities in our GraphQL APIs using Java and Spring Boot, contributing to high-performance backend services.
• Instrument and operate services by adding metrics/traces, creating dashboards and alerts, running load/performance tests, and helping triage production issues to improve reliability.

Benefits

• Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

What This Job Offers

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