Senior Front-End Engineer, News Web Platform

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Careers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer for the News Web Squad. You will help build and maintain ABC News and the eight ABC Owned and Operated Television Station sites, surfacing personalized video, tallying election results, and keeping local audiences connected to breaking news.

You will work with ESPN and Disney brands, delivering scalable features using TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Node.js while promoting strong engineering

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional software engineering experience.
• Extensive experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and modern front-end web development technologies and best practices.
• Proven ability to own products and features throughout the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through deployment and ongoing support.
• Experience designing, building, and delivering scalable features and applications that support high-traffic environments.
• Strong commitment to software quality, including automated testing, code reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering standards.
• Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, and develop solutions for complex technical challenges.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Highly motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship product-level features for ABC News and the ABC OTV station sites.
• Build solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity.
• Develop specifications and technical designs for new features, refactors, and architectural improvements.
• Contribute to the evolution of our engineering practices by recommending improvements to development, coding, maintenance, and system standards as you spot opportunities.
• Review code from peers for design, testability, and usability; raise the bar on what "done" looks like across the team.
• Identify opportunities to improve our systems, products, and services with each iteration: propose investments in tooling, performance, accessibility, observability, or developer experience and lead the work to deliver them.
• Influence and drive software engineering best practices within the team, working independently with minimal guidance and exercising judgment in selecting methods and techniques.
• Serve as a "go-to" technical resource for less experienced engineers. Mentor through code reviews, design discussions, on-call rotations, and 1:1 guidance

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

Node.js

Web development

Software engineering

Education

BS Computer Science

Tools

CMS

New Relic

Datadog

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer for the News Web Squad. You will help build and maintain ABC News and the eight ABC Owned and Operated Television Station sites, surfacing personalized video, tallying election results, and keeping local audiences connected to breaking news.

You will work with ESPN and Disney brands, delivering scalable features using TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Node.js while promoting strong engineering