Software Engineer - DevOps

February 27, 2026

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Our fleet operates as a horizontal service team, delivering engineering solutions throughout the organization. We serve as a dedicated segment offering DevOps engineering and operational support, specifically addressing development teams' continuous integration and continuous delivery requirements.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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.

Job Description:

The DevOps Engineer on the Client Application Delivery team at Disney Streaming will be responsible for developing and supporting automation tools and processes that enable client applications across Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, ABC News, and additional streaming services. These applications serve as the primary interface through which users access content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, ABC, FX, and ESPN on the Disney Streaming platform. We seek a DevOps Engineer committed to designing and maintaining a sophisticated, collaborative build environment that supports native platforms, frameworks, plugins, and client applications.

Responsibilities:

Build, maintain, and evolve complex build systems across multiple inter-dependent teams
Automation, CI/CD with on-device deployment and testing
Create and maintain build containers for a variety of devices and platforms
On-board and document new client devices and platforms
Centralized ownership and standardization of cross-team build system, from infrastructure to scripts
Customize build system and provide support for external and internal partners
Automate release metrics collection and analysis
Troubleshoot and fix build environment problems

Preferred Qualifications:

A minimum of 3 years of experience with DevOps, build, or systems engineering
Experience with git or other version control systems
Experience with Jenkins scripted pipelines and Docker
Excellent problem-solving skills and willingness to exercise them daily
Identifies areas for improvement and implement solutions
Top-notch analytical abilities coupled with a bias to action, and sense of urgency and ownership
Able to properly prioritize personal backlog without constant management oversight
Able to manage support requests and priority escalation
Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, or similar) to improve code quality, accelerate development, and enhance documentation.
Understanding of foundational AI/ML concepts, familiarity with cloud-native AI services such as model hosting, and/or ability to use AI tools to automate cloud operations tasks.

Nice to have:

Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle
Familiarity with Xcode, Fastlane and Android application building
Fluent in any of Rust, C/C++, Java, Kotlin, Groovy, JavaScript, Ruby, Python
Familiarity with *nix Shell Scripting and/or Windows Scripting, PowerShell
Familiarity with NPM, Cargo Crates, Maven, Ant/Ivy, Gradle, Bazel or similar tools
Familiarity with GitHub Actions and/or Gitlab pipelines
Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud offerings like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
Familiarity with Ansible, Terraform, or other "infrastructure as code" tools and systems

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent experience

The hiring range for this position in New York City is $123,000 - $165,000. 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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