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About the Role

As a Senior Product Software Engineer on the News Web Squad, you will build and maintain web sites for ABC News and eight ABC Owned and Operated Television Stations. You will surface personalized video, tally election results, and keep local audiences connected to breaking news. The team uses modern server-side and web technologies such as TypeScript, Node, and React to deliver scalable solutions for new product features and core site architecture.

Responsibilities

Build and ship product-level features for ABC News and the ABC OTV station sites
Build solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity
Develop specifications and technical designs for new features, refactors, and architectural improvements
Contribute to the evolution of engineering practices by recommending improvements to development, coding, maintenance, and system standards
Review code from peers for design, testability, and usability
Identify opportunities to improve systems, products, and services with each iteration
Influence and drive software engineering best practices within the team
Serve as a technical resource for less experienced engineers and mentor through code reviews, design discussions, on-call rotations, and 1:1 guidance

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional software engineering experience
Extensive experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and modern front-end web development technologies and best practices
Proven ability to own products and features throughout the full software development lifecycle
Experience designing, building, and delivering scalable features and applications that support high-traffic environments
Strong commitment to software quality, including automated testing, code reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering standards
Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, and develop solutions for complex technical challenges
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong attention to detail
Highly motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving
Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership
Proven experience building and scaling consumer-facing web applications that serve large and diverse user bases
Experience integrating with content management systems (CMS) and content delivery pipelines
Familiarity with A/B testing, experimentation frameworks, and data-driven decision-making practices
Experience developing personalized user experiences, recommendation engines, and feed-driven interfaces
Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, drive architectural improvements, and contribute to long-term engineering strategy
Experience optimizing application performance, scalability, and overall user experience
Comfortable leveraging AI-powered development tools and coding assistants
Experience with AWS or another major cloud provider
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment tooling
Experience with Web accessibility (WCAG) standards
Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as New Relic or Datadog
Experience with high-traffic consumer products

Skills

TypeScript
JavaScript
Node.js
React
Modern front-end web development technologies
Automated testing
Code reviews
AWS
CI/CD pipelines
Web accessibility (WCAG)
New Relic
Datadog
AI-powered development tools

Location

New York, NY, USA

Work Type

Full time

Experience Level

Senior
5 years of relevant professional software engineering experience

Education Level

BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent

Salary/Compensations

$148,700 to $199,400

Benefits

Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

About the Company

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.
Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories.
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.
We have the latest technology, game-changing ideas, and world-class talent.