The Walt Disney Company · 2 days ago
Senior SDET - Backend Infrastructure & APIs
Glendale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $204K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global organization focused on building and advancing technological solutions for its media business. As a Senior Software Engineer in Test, you will lead efforts to improve product quality while reducing time-to-market, working on various digital platforms associated with Disney's brands.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Independently breaking down large epics and stories into smaller tasks based on stakeholder requirements
Contributing to the architecture, development and maintenance of test frameworks and pipelines that verify backend services and APIs across multiple products
Developing and supporting high quality code to build and enhance test automation, quality infrastructure, and innovative proof-of-concepts
Maintaining documentation meant for both end user and project contributor consumption
Supporting and mentoring junior developers, providing meaningful insight, code reviews and technical direction across the team
Investigating and troubleshooting issues across our services and driving them to resolution
Keeping up with industry trends and new publicly available technologies, coming up with innovative ideas and solutions for complex technical problems
Serving as an advanced resource for engineers on the team, training and helping others to contribute meaningful and impactful features and capabilities
Being an active member of the larger Quality Engineering team, helping increase productivity and impact through innovation, curiosity, and thoughtful debate
Qualification
Required
5 years of relevant experience in a software development in test (SDET or SE) occupation, including automated and/or unit testing of front end and backend services
Bachelor's degree or the foreign equivalent in related field or equivalent years of work experience
Proficient in object-oriented design and expertise with one of the following programming languages: Python, Java, Node/JavaScript
Experience working with high-performing teams using Agile and Lean methodologies
Experience in modern design patterns and techniques, deriving and gathering quality KPI's to give insight into product's health and progress
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to use standard software development lifecycle (SDLC) tools such as Jira and Confluence, and version control systems
Preferred
Experience shipping production Python, Flask, Django, React or Node.js applications
Experience with developing and deploying applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and optimizing cost efficiency
Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, and Kinesis
Experience writing Gherkin Syntax to facilitate the development of automated test scenarios
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems
Experience with testcase management (e.g. JIRA Xray), code management (e.g. git, SonarQube) and data visualization (e.g. Grafana, Data Dog) tools
Benefits
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.
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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