The Walt Disney Company · 3 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer - Android
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$206K/yr - $277K/yr
10+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and technology, seeking a Principal Software Engineer for their Android team. This role involves driving the architecture and innovation of Android applications for Disney+ and Star+, ensuring scalability and technical excellence across various devices.
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Responsibilities
Define and drive the long-term architectural vision and technical roadmap for the Disney+ Android applications across phones, tablets, and TV devices
Collaborate with product, UX/UI, and others to influence product strategy
Demonstrate versatile expertise by designing and implementing solutions across all feature areas of the application, from user onboarding and content discovery to core video playback
Serve as a subject matter expert for the Android platform, guiding the team in preparing for new OS versions and navigating the diverse ecosystem of phone, tablet, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV devices
Development of core components to be utilized across the Disney+ Android application
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 10 years of relevant Android experience
Demonstrated ability to own and lead large, complex, and/or highly innovative development projects from start to finish
Deep and broad technical knowledge reaching subject matter expertise in several key areas of software engineering, including architectural patterns (MVI/MVVM or equivalent)
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas, anticipate objections, and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view
Ability to not only write phenomenal code and tests, but also to own system architecture documentation and review the code and solution designs of multiple teams, providing valuable feedback
Experience proactively mentoring and assisting in the growth of senior and lead software developers and their peers across teams
Bachelor's degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience
Preferred
Experience refactoring large and complex codebases
Familiarity with Android TV / Amazon Fire TV development
Experience with streaming video, codecs, and DRM
Knowledgeable about maintaining a large modularized codebase
Experience using performance evaluation tools such as Android Profiler
Experience with: Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Dependency Injection, Gradle, Databases, Reactive paradigms, coroutines
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
The 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
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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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