Senior Product Software Engineer - News Web Platform

ESPN; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer for the News Web Squad. You will help build and maintain ABC News sites and related ABC OTV properties using modern server-side and front-end technologies including TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and React.

You'll own features from design through deployment, collaborate with engineers across ESPN and Disney brands, and contribute to scalable, accessible web experiences for diverse

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of 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.
• Experience designing, building, and delivering scalable features for high-traffic environments.
• Strong commitment to software quality, including automated testing and code reviews.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship product-level features for ABC News and the ABC OTV station sites.
• Develop specifications and technical designs for new features, refactors, and architectural improvements.
• 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.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

Node.js

Web development

Education

BS Computer Science or related technical discipline

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

New Relic / Datadog

WCAG

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer for the News Web Squad. You will help build and maintain ABC News sites and related ABC OTV properties using modern server-side and front-end technologies including TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and React.

You'll own features from design through deployment, collaborate with engineers across ESPN and Disney brands, and contribute to scalable, accessible web experiences for diverse