Senior Software Engineer - Android

Job ID 10120947 Location Seattle, Washington, United States / Glendale, California, United States / New York, New York, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Jul. 14, 2025

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Job Summary:

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.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

The Android team responsible for building Hulu is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with a passion for mobile applications to join our team. Our highly collaborative team brings together folks from many fields, including quality assurance, program management, product management, UX, and engineering. We are responsible for the apps that millions of Hulu subscribers use to watch their favorite movies and shows every single day. We strive to build and maintain the best Live and Video on Demand (VOD) applications on a broad set of Android devices, from phones to tablets, from Android 7 to the latest developer preview. We would love to see samples of your work. If you’ve got something to share with us, please make sure your resume or application links to your GitHub account or an app in the Play Store.

On the Hulu Mobile team, we are accountable to one another, committed to aligning on common goals and moving forward. We do so because we know that no one person or team alone could achieve what we've set out to do! As a team, we continuously analyze data to improve our Apps, our processes, and how we work together.

Why you want to work with us:

Nurture a highly collaborative, world-class team of software engineers.
Work on a cutting-edge and evolving technology stack.
Own substantial features shipped to millions of users.
Influence the innovation of high-profile products in the media streaming landscape.
Join an inclusive culture that incorporates diverse perspectives and supports individual needs.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineering leadership to craft best-of-class, delightful TV-watching experiences
Work closely with other client and backend engineers, to architect and implement solutions that are built to last.
Demonstrate engineering excellence by developing test infrastructures, writing documentation, and following an agile development methodology
Mentor associate and mid-level team members and support peers through code review and pair programming
Identify areas for growth within the team processes and develop new systems for collaboration.
Manage production issues and solve novel problems.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum of 5+ years of experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
A deep understanding of the Android SDK, Activity and Fragment lifecycles, thread management, custom views, and animations
Expert knowledge of Android app architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.) and design principles.
Proficiency with Kotlin, Android Studio, and Gradle.
Experience integrating with backend systems, webservices, and third-party software
Proven understanding and experience using reactive frameworks such as RxJava or Flow
You build high-quality code by always writing tests and using performance evaluation tools like Android Profiler
Experience with test automation, dependency injection frameworks, and continuous integration

Preferred Qualifications

Familiar with Scrum and Agile methodologies
A growth mindset towards learning, experience mentoring others, and a desire to give and receive feedback.
Be an excellent communicator who collaborates well across teams.
Experience with using common Android libraries like Picasso, Retrofit, Coroutines
Experience building UI with Compose
Experience with streaming video (DASH or HLS protocol), codecs, and DRM

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, Washington is $145,400 to $195,000 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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About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world’s most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney’s ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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