The Walt Disney Company · 7 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $219K/yr
7+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in media and entertainment, and they are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to enhance their streaming experiences. The role involves leading development for Hulu's playback features and optimizing the Rust and C/C++ player for various platforms, while also mentoring other engineers and ensuring high development standards.
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Responsibilities
Port and optimize the Rust and C/C++ player that drives our streaming experience to Xbox and other platforms
Collaborate with application development teams, services engineering teams and product management to help understand and explain device limitations and requirements
Ensure that the latest audio and video standards like Dolby Vision, Dolby ATMOS, HDR10+, and more are delivered with full fidelity
Lead in strategies to ensure the quality and stability of our deployments, including testing strategies and telemetry approaches
Lead in strategies to ensure the quality and stability of our deployments, including testing strategies and telemetry approaches
Develop our project’s build system and continuous integration system as needed
Provide technical expertise or mentoring to developers on our team
Hold our team accountable to high development standards
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 7 years of related work experience
Long record of full software development lifecycle experience
Fluent in C and C++ or Rust
Strong understanding of Git and branching strategies
Willing to learn Rust
Experience with Windows and Xbox development
Experience developing and optimizing multi-threaded applications
Experience using build runners / compilation tools for multi-platform projects
Strong individual contributor with a drive to learn and patience to teach others
Great communication and collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Preferred
Rust
Experience with Microsoft Media Foundation (MF)
Experience in Streaming technologies, including: HLS (preferred) or DASH, DRM technologies like Playready or Widevine, Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Algorithms, Caption and subtitle formats such as CEA-608 / 708, Codecs AVC, HEVC, AAC, EAC3
Embedded and Cross-Platform Development
Experience with one or more of CMake, Cargo, Gradle, MSBuild
Experience using Jenkins, Docker and Artifactory
Embedded operating system experience
Experience developing for other gaming consoles (e.g. Playstation, Switch), and/or Android devices (e.g. FireTV), or similar
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$11BKey Investors
Citibank
2020-04-13Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2020-03-20Post Ipo Debt· $6B
1978-01-06IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Iger
CEO
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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