Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10135267 Emplacement Santa Monica, Californie, États-Unis / New York, New York, États-Unis Entreprise Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date de publication 31/10/2025Résumé du poste:
About the Role & Program:
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.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
- Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
- Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
- Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
What You Will Do:
VOD Tooling Team (VODOX) - This team is responsible for the management of VOD content management tools across the Disney+ and Hulu spaces. This means monitoring of incoming content from over 400 partners, as well as tools and workflows for quality control and review of the entire content library.
On any given day you might:
Enhance Operator Dashboards: Build or refine React-based UI components for internal tools that help operations teams monitor VOD ingest, transcode, and QC job status.
Bug Fixes & UI Polish: Triage and fix front-end bugs (styling, responsiveness, or state handling), improving the usability of workflow dashboards used by operators
API Integration: Connect new or existing UI components to backend APIs that surface job metadata, logs, or automation results from the media pipeline.
User Experience Improvements: Conduct small user interviews or shadow operator sessions, then prototype UX enhancements to streamline day-to-day operational workflows.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as JavaScript or Typescript
Knowledge and experience in integrating with REST APIs
Experience in programming with one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Python, etc)
Strong problem solving and analysis skills
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as React or Node
Solid understanding of web accessibility fundamentals
Understanding of relational and non-relational databases (SQL, NoSQL)
Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git
Basic understanding of web accessibility fundamentals
Education:
Junior or Senior year preferred
Currently enrolled undergraduate student in an accredited college/university, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or related technology degree.
Eligibility Requirements & Program Information
Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:
Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program AND returning to school the semester/quarter following the internship OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
Be at least 18 years of age
Possess unrestricted work authorization
Additional Information
Fully available from M-F, 40 hours each week for the entire program duration: May/June - August/September 2026 (12 weeks)
Able to provide own housing for the duration internship program
Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work
The pay rate for this role in Santa Monica, CA or New York, NY is $42.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
Sur Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Chez Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, nous allions imagination et innovation pour réinventer la manière dont les gens vivent et interagissent avec les histoires et les produits les plus appréciés au monde. Notre travail est extrêmement vaste et complexe. Nous créons des expériences incroyables, transformons l’avenir des médias et créons des produits et des plateformes qui rapprochent les gens du monde entier des histoires et des sports qu’ils aiment.
Chez Disney, notre capacité à associer une technologie de classe mondiale à une créativité sans pareille nous rend uniques. C’est l’essence même de notre passé, de notre présent et de notre avenir. Nous sommes des narrateurs et des innovateurs. Des créateurs et des bâtisseurs. Des artistes et des ingénieurs.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney Streaming Technology LLC , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.