Automation Engineer

Disney; Saint Cloud (MN); On-site; USD 74,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

St. Cloud flexibility

Job summary

Disney in Minnesota is seeking an Automation Engineer to scale infrastructure for millions of users. The role offers ownership, collaboration, and a clear growth path, with a starting salary range of $74,000–$105,000 per year. Based in St.

Cloud, MN, you will own automation efforts, collaborate across teams, and help shape reliable, scalable data pipelines. The position emphasizes leadership in distributed systems, continuous improvement, and the ability to translate stakeholder needs into

Qualifications

• Experience with automation and scalability in distributed systems.
• Hands-on LoadRunner experience.
• Comfortable communicating in high-stakes emails.

Responsibilities

• Bridge Git and Selenium Grid so the two halves of Disney's platform talk.
• Keep RestAssured schemas backward-compatible to avoid breaking upgrades.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Selenium Grid.
• Turn on-call noise into meaningful alerts.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Selenium Grid and Jest.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems.
• Develop Cross-Functional Collaboration features to win MN accounts.
• Enable deployment of Stakeholder Management services in St. Cloud, MN.

Skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Time-management

Strong communication

Tools

Selenium Grid

RestAssured

Jest

LoadRunner

Job description

The Automation Engineer we hire will help scale our infrastructure from thousands to millions of concurrent users. A $74,000 - $105,000 Automation Engineer role for a self-starter who wants ownership, collaboration, and a genuine path forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Bridge Git and Selenium Grid so the two halves of Disney's platform finally talk
• Keep RestAssured schemas backward-compatible so Disney never forces a breaking upgrade
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Selenium Grid
• Turn Disney's Stakeholder Management on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Selenium Grid and Jest
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
• Build the purpose-soaked Cross-Functional Collaboration feature that wins back the MN accounts Disney lost
• Slice the sharp-but-gentle technology monolith into Stakeholder Management services St. Cloud, MN can deploy alone

What You'll Bring

• Strong working knowledge of Cross-Functional Collaboration and LoadRunner
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• Hands-on LoadRunner experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email
• Comfort owning technology decisions in a MN market

Recognized for our no-ego work in technology, Disney continues to grow its presence across MN. Collaboration over heroics is our default, and we'd rather win as a group than burn anyone out.

At Disney, $74,000 - $105,000 is just the opener; the mentorship, benefits, and St. Cloud, MN flexibility are where the offer gets good.

Right now, today, applications for the technology role are landing and being read.

The team in St. Cloud, MN is one strong Automation Engineer away from complete, and that could be you.