Senior Android Kotlin Engineer - Streaming Playback

The Walt Disney Company (France); New York (NY); On-site; USD 148,700 - 199,400; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer to build a feature-rich media playback library for Android. You will design a layered architecture that supports Disney's direct-to-consumer brands like Disney+, ESPN, ABC News, and Hulu, collaborating across teams to ensure consistency and a best-in-class streaming experience.

The role involves hands-on Android development using Kotlin, contributing to a scalable playback framework, and working with cross-functional teams to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Kotlin and Android SDK experience.
• Proficiency with Reactive Programming and Dependency Injection.
• Experience with MVVM/MVI architecture.
• Knowledge of object-oriented and reactive paradigms.
• Experience with unit tests and CI systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features with Disney media services and back-ends.
• Collaborate on API design with peer teams and front-end teams.
• Research and develop media playback experiences, integration, and testing.
• Participate in project estimation and resource planning.
• Collaborate in small development teams as well as the larger organization.
• Tackle issues across platforms and work both collaboratively and autonomously.

Skills

Kotlin

Android SDK

Reactive Programming

MVVM/MVI

Unit Testing

CI/CD

Communication

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Tools

Dagger/Hilt

RxJava2

Groupie

Android Profiler

Jetpack Compose

Gradle

Databases

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer to build a feature-rich media playback library for Android. You will design a layered architecture that supports Disney's direct-to-consumer brands like Disney+, ESPN, ABC News, and Hulu, collaborating across teams to ensure consistency and a best-in-class streaming experience.

The role involves hands-on Android development using Kotlin, contributing to a scalable playback framework, and working with cross-functional teams to