Front End Developer

Ports North; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology is seeking an experienced frontend engineer to join the Experimental Division team in Santa Monica. You will build new UX features, run A/B experiments, and use data to drive business improvements.

As a member, you’ll ensure code quality with test-driven development, participate in code reviews, and help the team scale a web platform serving millions of users using JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience building highly scalable and performant web applications serving millions of users and requests.
• Expert knowledge in Javascript, Typescript, and React.

Responsibilities

• Build new UX features to improve the guest experience.
• Develop A/B experiments to help grow Disney’s subscriber base.
• Use data to drive business improvements.
• Maintain code quality through test-driven development.
• Support the team through code reviews and knowledge-sharing.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Job description

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming our 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 enhance 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 here:

• Building the future of Disney’s media: DEE Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our 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 implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

The Growth, Commerce, & Identity (GCI) organization is dedicated to three business‑critical areas at Disney that will help transform its media business. We build innovative and cutting‑edge capabilities to drive subscriptions, engagement, and monetization across Disney’s streaming and digital products. We enable the wide range of Disney brands to connect and engage with consumers through a unified identity, powered by shared services that are trustworthy and seamless to integrate with.

The Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology (DEEPT) Growth, Commerce, and Identity Experiences organization delivers experiences across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN built on a common platform and shared technology. We are a fast‑paced and fast‑growing organization that shares knowledge and code for initiatives throughout Disney. Our mission: building inclusive user‑centered experiences that welcome users, guiding them through a seamless journey from login to sign‑up, and facilitating effortless account management.

As a member of this organization and the Experimental Division team, you will be building experiments to better learn what our customers are interested in and where we can optimize value.

Responsibilities

• Build new UX features to improve the guest experience.
• Develop A/B experiments to help grow Disney’s subscriber base.
• Use data to drive business improvements.
• Maintain code quality through test‑driven development.
• Support the team through code reviews and knowledge‑sharing.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience building highly scalable and performant web applications serving millions of users and requests.
• Expert knowledge in Javascript, Typescript, and React.

Preferred Qualifications

• Living room or mobile development (Kotlin, Swift, Brightscript).