Lead Software Engineer - Front End/Roku

About the position

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is focused on creating magical viewing experiences and transforming Disney's media business. The Lead Software Engineer will be part of a team that builds Direct-to-Consumer client apps for platforms like Disney+, Star+, ESPN, and Hulu on Roku devices. This role involves working with BrightScript and the Roku SceneGraph SDK to enhance user experiences and contribute to various application features.

Responsibilities

• Build client app experiences in BrightScript using the Roku SceneGraph SDK.
• Contribute to the development of new application features including onboarding, browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, and video playback UI/UX.
• Develop tools and systems outside of Roku apps, such as JavaScript- & React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services.
• Work with Roku to vet new hardware, firmware, and certification requirements.
• Collaborate with client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams, and product owners.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of development experience with a client-side development stack, ideally with at least 2 years BrightScript experience.
• Experience with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) architecture.
• Proficient in technical design and development of generalized solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to research and learn new technologies.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• Driven and self-motivated.
• Experience mentoring junior level team members.

Nice-to-haves

• Extensive experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces.
• Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns.
• Familiarity with development and troubleshooting on set-top boxes or Smart TVs.
• Experience with configuration-driven development.
• Experience with performance optimization and feature degradation techniques.
• Experience creating and extending templated controls and writing custom controls.
• Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code.
• Experience with unit testing and related patterns.
• Familiarity with streaming media technologies such as HLS, DRM, HDCP, SSAI, SGAI.
• Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development.
• Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins, and AWS.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and other benefits.
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided.