Software Engineer - Swift

The Walt Disney Company; New York; On-site; GBP 108,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a Software Engineer to improve products and services within the Apple ecosystem. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with iOS/tvOS app development, a solid understanding of design patterns, and strong communication skills. This role involves writing efficient code and collaborating with teams to drive best practices. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Full range of medical and financial benefits

Bonus and/or long-term incentive units

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on professional development experience with the Apple ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of OO design patterns and concepts.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Use best practices to improve products or services.
• Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code.
• Analyze and optimize application code for efficiency.

Skills

Hands-on professional development experience with the Apple ecosystem

Understanding of OO design patterns

Familiarity with unit test frameworks

Knowledge of iOS/tvOS app development life cycle

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Responsibilities

• Use best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services.
• Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing architectural improvements, user‑facing features, or fixing defects.
• Build solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity that will be successfully deployed to customers/users.
• Influence and drive software engineering best practices within the team.
• Analyze and optimize application code for efficiency, reliability and performance.
• Managing multiple competing priorities in a fast‑paced, deadline‑oriented environment.
• Operating as a resource to less experienced Software Engineers, providing an open learning environment for cross‑team knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands‑on professional development experience with the Apple ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of OO design patterns and concepts.
• Solid understanding of unit test frameworks and continuous integration systems.
• Solid understanding of architecture, assisting Software Architects as necessary.
• iOS/tvOS app development life cycle including Apple App Store compliance policies and submissions requirements.
• Motivated self‑starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as ability to work independently.
• Work well with minimal technical supervision and supplemental engineering support.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well‑reasoned explanations.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

Compensation

The hiring range for this position in New York and Washington is $145,400.00 to $195,000.00 per year, in Texas is $132,200.00 to $177,300.00 per year and in Connecticut and California is $138,900 to $186,200.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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.

Benefits

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.