Software Engineer II - Ios

Disney Entertainment And Espn Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

This is a hands-on engineering position developing the ESPN tvOS in Swift. In this role, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Mobile/Web/Backend Engineers, and Content Creators to conceptualize and develop world-class ESPN apps. Based on your experience, you will apply technical expertise to manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables and will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. You will architect reusable solutions that are shared across both the mobile and tv ESPN apps. You may lead others to solve complex problems and provide oversight and direction to other software engineers. As the lead on this team, you will also be responsible for architectural decisions for the connected tv application. Additionally, this position will have people management responsibilities. This includes mentoring and providing guidance to engineers reporting directly to you. As well as performing end of year reviews.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Strong understanding of OO and Swift design patterns and concepts
• A sound understanding of HTTP and REST-style web services
• Solid understanding of iOS app development life cycle including Apple App Store compliance policies and submissions requirements
• Experience with Apple frameworks such as SwiftUI, UIKit, AVFoundation, SPM, Async / Await, and Combine
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Work with moderate technical supervision and supplemental engineering support
• Interacting with the Product and Design teams to review requirements and UI.
• Working with the QA and automation team

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

• Basic Qualifications:
• 3+ years hands-on professional experience with iOS/tvOS development
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with tvOS-specific functionality including the Focus Engine, SIRI Remote, and the Top Shelf
• Experience working on a significant consumer app that is currently available in the marketplace
• Experience building video-based applications with knowledge of the AVKit
• Demonstrated ability to design and build dynamic multi-threaded iOS/tvOS apps
• Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization
• Experience with:
• Swift
• Swift UI and UIKit
• Combine
• Async Await
• AVKit
• Required Education:
• BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent

The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA and Bristol, CT is $114,900 to $154,100 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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