Senior Software Engineer, iOS

About the position

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is focused on reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences while transforming Disney's media business for the future. The team is involved in evolving streaming and digital products, powering advertising and distribution, and delivering unmatched entertainment and sports content. This hands-on engineering position involves developing mobile applications for ESPN within the Apple Ecosystem using Obj-C/Swift. The role requires collaboration with a cross-functional team to conceptualize and develop world-class Disney apps, applying technical expertise to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Use best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services.
• Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing architectural improvements, user-facing features, or fixing defects.
• Build solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity that will be successfully deployed to customers/users.
• Influence and drive software engineering best practices within the team.
• Analyze and optimize application code for efficiency, reliability and performance.
• Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Operate as a resource to less experienced Software Engineers, providing an open learning environment for cross-team knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• 5+ years hands-on professional development experience with the Apple ecosystem.

Nice-to-haves

• Solid understanding of OO design patterns and concepts.
• Solid understanding of unit test frameworks and continuous integration systems.
• Solid understanding of architecture, assisting Software Architects as necessary.
• iOS/tvOS app development life cycle including Apple App Store compliance policies and submissions requirements.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as ability to work independently.
• Work well with minimal technical supervision and supplemental engineering support.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations.

Benefits

• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.
• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.