Software Developer in Test II

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Software Developer in Test II (Req : )

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.

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms, including product engineering, media engineering, quality engineering, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

The DEEP & Technology team is looking for a Software Development in Test Engineer to join our expanding quality engineering efforts across the Ads, Data, and eCommerce domains. As part of our mission to scale automation and enhance quality across diverse systems, this role will focus on building robust test automation frameworks and quality processes tailored to each team’s unique needs.

In Ads, you will help ensure that ad delivery systems serve relevant, timely, and high‑quality advertisements, maximizing viewer satisfaction and business revenue. In Data, you’ll ensure the integrity and performance of large‑scale pipelines that power analytics and insights used across the organization. In eCommerce, you’ll help maintain seamless shopping experiences by catching integration and service‑level issues early in the development cycle.

When these systems work as intended, they drive better customer experiences, increase trust in our platform, and reduce costs associated with bugs in production.

As an SDET you will play a crucial role in strengthening test automation strategies, leading quality initiatives, and championing a culture of engineering excellence. This is a great opportunity to be part of a talented and collaborative team, with the autonomy to influence test architecture and the support to drive meaningful change.

• Work closely with Software Engineers to understand the complex ecosystem in place at DEEP & Technology.
• Develop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API, and integration levels of testing using Python or other object‑oriented language.
• Participate in design discussions for our platform to help evolve the platform in a way that enables richer testing scenarios that simplify defect detection and prevention.
• Assist with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams.
• Contribute to end‑to‑end acceptance tests.
• When necessary, develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means.
• Drive the conversion of manual tests to automated whenever possible.

• Part of product teams in building architectures that are robust, fault‑tolerant, and cloud‑native.
• Builds solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity that have been successfully deployed to customers/users.
• Influences and drives software engineering best practices within the team.
• Technically leads and delivers multiple projects utilizing an Agile methodology while reviewing team members’ code.
• Participates in developing technical and/or business approaches and new/enhanced technical tools.
• Owns the design of software programs or systems within the team and within the organization.
• Writes code that establishes and enhances frameworks.
• Reviews code for design, testability, and clear usability.
• Builds solutions that scale and perform.
• Identifies opportunities to improve the system/product/services with each iteration.

• Bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent in…