Job Posting Title:

Lead, Software Engineer

Req ID:

10126996

Job Description:

BUILD SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

How will you contribute to our magical experience?

The Tooling Ecosystem team is responsible for the management of the Content Portal and Co Co applications. These applications provide mission-critical operator functionality for the maintenance and data accuracy of our streaming metadata. TECO ensures a high quality user experience for our operators; constantly updating our existing feature set and investigating new ideas to improve overall performance and interaction.

The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for:

• Design and build robust software applications, utilizing software engineering to deliver high performance solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product and engineering, to identify opportunities, business impact, and technical requirements.

• Act in people supervisory capacity and serve as a technical leader, setting best practices and leading architectural discussions within the team.

• Mentor, empower, and provide career growth opportunities for team members.

• Prioritize tasks within a project to deliver high value initiatives, while anticipating and mitigating potential risk wherever possible.

• Manage AWS infrastructure supporting the tooling ecosystems.

• Work on improving overall performance of the Content Portal and Co Co applications.

• Contribute to a culture of collaboration and innovation.

• Build quality products.

• Provide on-call rotational support as needed.

What we need from you to be part of this story:

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience required.

• 5+ years of web development experience required.

• Experience building consumer-facing single-page applications in JavaScript.

• Experience developing rich, interactive and well-performing user interfaces using frameworks like React, Angular, Vue.

• Experience building services using REST and GraphQL.

• Advanced level of English.

• Experience in Agile/Scrum development environments, including test-driven development (TDD), unit testing, and writing Cypress tests for visual automation (is a plus)

• Familiarity with A/B testing and domain knowledge related to software deployment processes (is a plus)

Additional Information

At Disney, we believe it takes great people to create the memorable experiences, products and services our consumers know and love. We are a team of storytellers and hire under equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability and gender identity. We foster a corporate culture of belonging and inclusiveness, which empowers our staff and company to thrive. At Disney, everyone has the opportunity to speak up and participate, grow and share ideas.

“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” — Walt Disney

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Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Date Posted:

2025-10-31