Senior Tools Engineer

Job ID 10126843 Location Remote, Sweden / Remote, Denmark / Helsinki, Finland / Oslo, Norway Business Disney Experiences Date posted Aug. 26, 2025 This role is considered remote, which means the employee will work remotely on an ongoing basis and will not have an assigned workspace at a Company designated location.

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Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

Disney Digital Entertainment, a division of Disney Experiences, is redefining how audiences interact with The Walt Disney Company—creating the ‘digital front door’ that unites all of Disney’s magic into a cohesive, interactive universe.

Disney Digital Entertainment is seeking talented individuals passionate about pushing the boundaries of game engine and rendering technology. As a critical part of our team, you will leverage your expertise to build and optimize feature-rich engines, ensuring smooth and high-performance experiences for global audiences.

As a Senior Tools Engineer you will design intuitive tools that empower artists and designers without requiring engineering support, collaborate with teams across games, animation, and interactive experiences to build robust pipelines. You will enable efficient content sharing between real-time and offline rendering pipelines (e.g., Unreal and USD), and own core components of the asset pipeline, from ingestion to deployment.

This role can be based remotely in Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Norway.

What You Will Do

Build, integrate and support tools within Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN).
Develop systems to validate and optimize assets for multiple platforms.
Solve complex problems that intersect tech art, tooling, and engine infrastructure.
Collaborate with engineers, artists and designers across Disney divisions.
Participate in strategic project planning and help meet team goals.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Strong background in C++, C# or Python for tool/pipeline development.
Experience with Unreal Engine tooling.
Familiarity with DCC tools (e.g., Maya, Houdini, Blender) and their scripting APIs.
Familiarity with cloud-based asset pipelines or distributed workflows.
User-Focused – Builds tools with empathy for artists, designers, and content creators.
Committed to maintainability, performance, and clean architecture in tools and pipelines.
Strong problem-solving and mentoring abilities.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided the necessary accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive all benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

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 The Walt Disney Company Nordic AB, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

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