Senior Media Streaming Engineer

工作 ID 10124287 地點格倫代爾, 加利福尼亚州, 美國 / 圣莫尼卡, 加利福尼亚州, 美國 有意工作的公司 Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 日期已公佈 Jul. 01, 2025

申請

工作概要:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s direct to consumer business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

The Product Engineering team is responsible for Disney’s world-class consumer-facing products, including our streaming platforms Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, as well as digital products & experiences across ESPN, Marvel, Disney Studios, NatGeo, and ABC News. The team drives innovation at scale for millions of consumers around the world across Apple and Android devices, Smart TVs, game consoles, and the web.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for DEEP&T:

Building the future of Disney’s streaming business: We are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach & Scale: Our products and platforms delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, news & entertainment.

The Media Delivery team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is responsible for the entire audio and video encoding supply chain from content acquisition to delivery for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. Consisting of an agile and responsive team of technicians that perform the daily processes and procedures of our live and on-demand video streaming products to deliver a high-quality experience to our viewers. The department’s responsibilities provide round-the-clock support for these products, ensuring proper functionality across all platforms and front-end playback scenarios. The Media Delivery Operations team provides operational and procedural support for our partner products, including system health monitoring and incident management, live and VOD streaming media orchestration, and cross-team communications.

As a Senior Media Streaming Engineer, you will work to improve our Audio & Video Encoding pipeline and provide the highest quality experience to our end users by assessing the quality of a large library of encoded VOD content spanning more than 100 years. Through collaboration with media engineers and operations teams, you will study the impact of current and upcoming codec implementations using programmatic analysis and "golden eyes" viewing of content with the goal of improving the quality of our media streams. This position requires a highly skilled individual with strong creative and analytic skills and passion for sound/picture quality, encoding and processing technologies.

Investigate quality degradation and playback issues,
Perform encoding experiments to determine areas for improvement,
Establish Best Practices for assessing sound/picture quality,
Work with other engineers on tooling and automation solutions.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Development of software tools and scripts
Design and implement procedures for assessing sound/picture quality
Conduct sound/picture quality experiments on existing Disney content
Contribute to the optimization of Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ media processing pipeline

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Minimum and Preferred. Inclusive of Licenses/Certs (include functional experience as well as behavioral attributes and/or leadership capabilities).
Bachelor’s Degree in related field – Master’s Degree a plus.
Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering preferred.
Minimum of 5 years of related work experience.
Expert in Linux (and Mac) environment with experience troubleshooting remote hosts.
Advanced Linux BASH scripting experience.
Advanced knowledge of at least one programming language (Python preferred).
Comfortable modifying and contributing to XML/JSON schemas.
Knowledge of media codecs such as PCM, AAC, EAC3, Atmos, Opus, AVC, HEVC and AV1.
Solid understanding of HDR10+ and Dolby Vision metadata and ecosystem.
Experienced in assessing visual quality using both objective metrics and subjective techniques.
Solid understanding of media processing and deep learning enhancement techniques
Experience with open-source encoding software such as FFmpeg or GStreamer.
Good understanding of ABR streaming, specifically HLS.
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills for encoding and segmentation issues.
Basic understanding of DAI workflows in an OTT environment.
Comfortable serving as a technical lead across departments to address and resolve issues.
Ability to work independently in a lab to solve problems in both the video and IT domains.
Strong multi-tasking abilities.
Strong communication skills.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA and Santa Monica, CA is $114,900.00 to $154,100.00 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.

申請

關於Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

在Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology，我們結合想像力與創新，以重新想像人們體驗和參與世上最受歡迎故事和產品的方式。我們的工作內容廣泛，且精深細密。我們創造令人驚豔的體驗、改變媒體的未來，並打造產品和平台，讓世界各地的人們都能與自己喜愛的故事和體育活動緊密相連。

Disney結合世界級技術與獨特創意，因而與眾不同。這是我們過去、現在和未來的核心。我們是故事敍述者和創新者。創作者和創建者。表演者和工程師。

關於 The Walt Disney Company:

Walt Disney Company 連同其子公司和聯營公司，是領先的多元化國際家庭娛樂和媒體企業，其業務主要涉及三個範疇：Disney Entertainment、ESPN 及 Disney Experiences。Disney 在 1920 年代的起步之初，只是一間卡通工作室，至今已成為娛樂界的翹楚，並昂然堅守傳承，繼續為家庭中每位成員創造世界一流的故事與體驗。Disney 的故事、人物與體驗傳遍世界每個角落，深入人心。我們在 40 多個國家/地區營運業務，僱員及演藝人員攜手協力，創造全球和當地人們都珍愛的娛樂體驗。

這個職位隸屬於 Disney Streaming Technology LLC，其所屬的業務部門是 Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology。

Disney Streaming Technology LLC 是提供平等就業機會的僱主。求職者都會獲得聘僱考量的機會，不分種族、宗教、膚色、生理性別、性傾向、社會性別、性別認同、性別表達、原國籍、血統、年齡、婚姻狀態、軍人或退伍軍人身份、醫療狀況、遺傳資訊或殘疾狀況、或者聯邦、州級或地方法律所禁止的其他任何基本特徵。Disney 提倡讓所有人的想法和決策都有助我們發展、創新、創造最好故事的商業環境，並與瞬息萬變的世界息息相關。

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