Application Engineer

The Disney Decision Science and Integration (DDSI) team is responsible for supporting clients across The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) including Disney Experiences (DX), Disney Entertainment (e.g., ABC, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Theatrical, etc.), ESPN (ESPN Networks, ESPN+), and Corporate Finance. DDSI leverages technology, data analytics, optimization, and statistical modeling to build innovative tools that shape business decisions and drive business value.

Application Engineers on the DDSI team design, build, and ship strategic software applications that enable internal business decision-makers to view and manage data related to decision science workflows. These applications range from web-based end-user experiences to RESTful APIs and orchestrated data services. In this role, as an Application Engineer, you will be part of a team that is enhancing web-based analytic platforms for Disney Experiences (DX). You will design, build, and ship new functionality. This role requires a sense of urgency, attention to detail, a platform mindset, and a collaborative work ethic.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build, and ship new features of a cutting-edge software platform that serves strategic internal business decision-makers for Disney Experiences (DX)
• Collaborate with other Application Engineers to build application pages, services, and components as specified, prioritized, and scheduled by Product leads
• Collaborate with Product Managers to understand business opportunities and requirements
• Work with Data Scientists to create user-friendly front-ends for science model inputs & outputs
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to build data storage, retrieval, and archiving routines
• Propose creative user experiences through working prototypes that meet business and application requirements.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in software development with expertise in at least one language
• 2+ years of experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and TypeScript
• 2+ years of experience with Python
• Experience building application pages and services that process large and complex volumes of data with PostgreSQL and Snowflake
• Proven experience building full-stack web platforms on cloud infrastructure
• Ability to build software that addresses complex data problems with user-friendly solutions
• Proficient in optimizing front-end and back-end applications for large and complex datasets
• Experience working in a team software development lifecycle process

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Django
• Experience with Next.js
• Experience with UX/UI design
• Proficient in AWS web application architecture

Education:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience

Preferred

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience

About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. , which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) .

Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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