Lead VOD Encoding & Streaming Engineer

Disney; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology seeks a Principal Media Streaming Engineer to lead the VOD encoding and processing workflows for our on-demand video products. You will join a global, cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and data scientists driving encoding capacity, reliability, and performance across platforms for Disney's media portfolio.

As a lead technical contributor, you will design automation, build dashboards and tooling, mentor teammates, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Expertise in VOD processing technologies.
• Experience building automation and tooling.
• Ability to design dashboards and reporting for encoding pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives to improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of VOD processing and the platform experience.
• Partner with development teams on feature requests, system optimizations, and architectural improvements.
• Lead proof-of-concept projects and technology evaluations to inform strategic decisions.
• Design and develop dashboards, reporting tools, and data visualization solutions that provide actionable insights into encoding pipelines.

Skills

VOD processing

Automation tooling

Monitoring & alerting

Data visualization dashboards

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology seeks a Principal Media Streaming Engineer to lead the VOD encoding and processing workflows for our on-demand video products. You will join a global, cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and data scientists driving encoding capacity, reliability, and performance across platforms for Disney's media portfolio.

As a lead technical contributor, you will design automation, build dashboards and tooling, mentor teammates, and collaborate