Senior Software Engineer - Android

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.

The Android team responsible for building Hulu is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with a passion for mobile applications to join our team. Our highly collaborative team brings together folks from many fields, including quality assurance, program management, product management, UX, and engineering. We are responsible for the apps that millions of Hulu subscribers use to watch their favorite movies and shows every single day. We strive to build and maintain the best Live and Video on Demand (VOD) applications on a broad set of Android devices, from phones to tablets, from Android 7 to the latest developer preview. We would love to see samples of your work. If you’ve got something to share with us, please make sure your resume or application links to your GitHub account or an app in the Play Store.

On the Hulu Mobile team, we are accountable to one another, committed to aligning on common goals and moving forward. We do so because we know that no one person or team alone could achieve what we've set out to do! As a team, we continuously analyze data to improve our Apps, our processes, and how we work together.

Why you want to work with us:

• Nurture a highly collaborative, world-class team of software engineers.
• Work on a cutting-edge and evolving technology stack.
•  Own substantial features shipped to millions of users.
• Influence the innovation of high-profile products in the media streaming landscape.
•  Join an inclusive culture that incorporates diverse perspectives and supports individual needs.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineering leadership to craft best-of-class, delightful TV-watching experiences
• Work closely with other client and backend engineers, to architect and implement solutions that are built to last.
• Demonstrate engineering excellence by developing test infrastructures, writing documentation, and following an agile development methodology
• Mentor associate and mid-level team members and support peers through code review and pair programming
• Identify areas for growth within the team processes and develop new systems for collaboration.
• Manage production issues and solve novel problems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• A deep understanding of the Android SDK, Activity and Fragment lifecycles, thread management, custom views, and animations
•  Expert knowledge of Android app architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.) and design principles.
• Proficiency with Kotlin, Android Studio, and Gradle.
•  Experience integrating with backend systems, webservices, and third-party software
• Proven understanding and experience using reactive frameworks such as RxJava or Flow
• You build high-quality code by always writing tests and using performance evaluation tools like Android Profiler
• Experience with test automation, dependency injection frameworks, and continuous integration

Preferred Qualifications 

• Familiar with Scrum and Agile methodologies
• A growth mindset towards learning, experience mentoring others, and a desire to give and receive feedback.
• Be an excellent communicator who collaborates well across teams. 
•  Experience with using common Android libraries like Picasso, Retrofit, Coroutines
• Experience building UI with Compose
• Experience with streaming video (DASH or HLS protocol), codecs, and DRM

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, Washington is $145,400 to $195,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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.