Senior Software Engineer - Android

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Job Summary:
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. Disney's Android team is seeking an experienced Software Engineer who is excited to build apps enjoyed by millions around the world. You will be building scalable, elegant solutions for the Disney+ Android application across a wide array of devices including phones, tablets, and TVs. Our highly collaborative group works in tandem with many cross-functional teams. We value pristine communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as a bias for action. We are incredibly invested in maintaining high code quality standards with unit tests, automated tests, modern libraries, and a Kotlin codebase. We strive to build the best Live and video-on-demand (VOD) applications in the world, and we look forward to hearing more about your skills and how they can help us achieve this lofty goal. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
As a Senior Android Engineer at Disney, you are confident in your knowledge of the Android ecosystem. You are a passionate team member who is well-versed in many core technologies such as Kotlin, RxJava2, Coroutines, Dagger2, Gradle, Fragments, and the Android Lifecycle. You demonstrate engineering excellence by developing performant solutions accompanied by quality documentation and tests. You contribute to architectural decisions that do not just fulfill the requirements but also provide scalability and flexibility for the future. You have fantastic communication skills, enabling you to collaborate with other engineers and teams professionally and efficiently. You have a desire to support and mentor other team members to enable them to become more knowledgeable and achieve their career goals. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of production experience with Kotlin and the Android SDK Proficiency with Reactive Programming and Dependency Injection Well-versed in different architectural patterns (MVI/MVVM or equivalent) Pristine communication skills who can collaborate well across teams You write high-quality code, tests, and documentation Preferred Qualifications
Comfortable using common Android libraries such as Dagger 2 / Hilt, RxJava2, Groupie A deep understanding of many aspects of the Android SDK such as Activity and Fragment lifecycles, thread management, custom views, and animations Experience using performance evaluation tools such as Android Profiler Knowledgeable about maintaining a large, modularized codebase Familiarity with Android TV / Amazon Fire TV development Experience with streaming video, codecs, and DRM Experience with Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Dependency Injection, Gradle, Databases, Reactive paradigms, Coroutines, Jetpack Compose. Required Education
Bachelor’s degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience.
The hiring range for this position in Glendale is $138,900 to $186,200 per year and in NYC is $145,400 to $195,000 per year and in San Francisco is $152,100 to $203,900 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.
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New York

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