The Walt Disney Company · 20 hours ago
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Glendale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$118K/yr - $158K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global organization focused on building and advancing technological solutions for its media business. The Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) will lead the Quality Engineering team, enhancing product quality and driving innovation across Disney's digital platforms.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Developing and supporting test automation frameworks, execution environments, build systems, and reporting tools
Contributing to the development and maintenance of the architecture for frameworks, execution environments, build systems and tooling used across multiple products
Independently break large stories until into smaller tasks based on stakeholder requirements
Designs solutions to and develop architecture for a new project feature, with occasional guidance from more senior engineers
Maintaining documentation meant for end user consumption as well as project contributor documentation
Support and mentor developers and manual testers through code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and technical leadership
Investigating and resolving any framework, tool or execution of environmental issues affecting our services
Becoming a core member of our Productivity Engineering team, helping others increase productivity through innovation, and championing the core value of Disney Quality
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in a software development Engineer in Test (SDET) occupation, including automated testing of front end and backend services using a structured programming language
Bachelor's degree or Master's Degree and/or equivalent work experience
Proficient in object-oriented design and expertise with one of the following programming languages: Node/JavaScript, Java, Python
Experience with test automation and unit testing frameworks
Excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to use standard software development lifecycle (SDLC) tools such as Jira and Confluence, and version control systems
Experience leading one to two teams in technical solutioning
Strong verbal and written communication skills. Highly motivated, self-starting individual
Preferred
Prior experience developing test automation frameworks in Javascript
Experience shipping a production React or Node.js application
Experience in mobile and web application development and testing
Experience with developing applications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS)
Experience working with Agile methodologies
Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals
Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, and Kinesis
Experience with Spinnaker, Jenkins, Norfolk, and continuous integration/delivery systems
Experience writing Gherkin Syntax to facilitate the development of automated test scenarios
Experience developing advanced mocking mechanisms (e.g., rule-based proxies and dummy-services)
Experience with test suite/case/run management tools (e.g., JIRA Xray, etc.)
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
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