The Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and technology. They are seeking a Software Engineer I to join the Roku Client Application Engineering Team, where the engineer will help build the Disney+ Direct-to-Consumer client app for streaming on Roku devices and smart TVs.
Be a member of a team of engineers responsible for building our client app experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku SceneGraph SDK
Contribute to the development of new application features from on-boarding to browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more. If you see it on screen, you’ll likely have a chance to work on it in code
Have the opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the 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 from a client application perspective
Collaborate closely with our client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations
Qualification
Required
Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns and architectures (MVVM, MVC, React, etc.), and approaches to present a data-driven UX to viewers
Familiarity with development and troubleshooting, preferably on set-top boxes or Smart TVs
Under the guidance of more senior engineers, candidates will be expected to become proficient in the use of reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic that can be consumed by multiple applications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Preferred
Preferred one year of related work experience and/or internship experience
Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development
Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS
Experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations
Previous work on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities
Experience with configuration-driven development
Performance optimization and feature degradation techniques experience
Experience creating and extending templated controls, and writing custom controls
Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code
Familiarity with unit testing and related patterns
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
The full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
