Software Engineer II - ABC News Mobile and Living Room Device

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company; London; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Engineer II, where you will play a vital role in developing the ABC News Direct-to-Consumer app for Roku and smart TVs. This position offers the opportunity to innovate and create engaging user experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will be involved in building features that delight millions of viewers, utilizing your skills in BrightScript and UI/UX design. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact in the media industry, this role is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to shape the future of digital media in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of client-side development experience, ideally with BrightScript.
• Proficient in reusable utilities and UI components.

Responsibilities

• Build client app experiences in BrightScript using Roku SceneGraph SDK.
• Develop application features including UI/UX experiences and video playback.

Skills

BrightScript

MVVM Architecture

JavaScript

UI/UX Design

Performance Optimization

Unit Testing

Asynchronous Programming

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Roku SceneGraph SDK

AWS

DevOps

Gulp

Jenkins

Job description

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

As part of the ABC News Mobile and Living Room Devices team, you will help us push the boundaries of what is possible on some of the most interesting 10-foot devices in the marketplace! You’ll be part of the team that builds our ABC News Direct-to-Consumer client app for streaming ABC News content from one of the most popular streaming devices on the market.

Job Summary:
We’re seeking a Software Engineer II for the ABC News Mobile and Living Room Device team, where you’ll be part of the team that builds our ABC News Direct-to-Consumer client app on Roku streaming devices and smart TVs. We’re looking for an engineer who, ideally, has experience in BrightScript, SceneGraph, and is ready to write client apps that provide the best experiences for our viewers.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Be a critical member of a team of engineers responsible for building our client app experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku SceneGraph SDK.

• Contribute to the development of new application features from on-boarding to browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more. If you see it on screen, you’ll likely have a chance to work on it in code.

• Have the opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, such as JavaScript- & React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services.

• Work with Roku to vet new hardware, firmware and certification requirements from a client application perspective.

• Collaborate closely with our client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations.

• Collaborate closely with backend and mobile engineers to ensure parity across implementations and platforms.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with some BrightScript experience.

• Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture.

• Under the guidance of more senior engineers, candidates will be expected to be proficient in the use of reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic that can be consumed by multiple applications.

Preferred Qualifications at a Journey-level:

• Experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations.

• Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns, architectures, and approaches to present a data-driven UX to viewers.

• Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs.

• Experience working on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities.

• Experience with configuration-driven development.

• Experience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques.

• Experience creating and extending templated controls, and writing custom controls.

• Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code.

• Experience with unit testing and related patterns.

• Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development.

• Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience.