Senior QA Engineer - iOS​/Swift

Senior QA Engineer - iOS/Swift

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Location Glendale, California, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Nov. 09, 2025

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.

Quality Engineering team designs, builds, and sustains technology that powers worldwide content production and distribution platforms. In doing so, we contribute to a series of cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality Engineering, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast Infrastructure, and Networking & Security. We validate all work before production, including web, mobile, living room applications, media, services, non-consumer-facing products and more.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement a scalable and high-performing full-stack quality solution.
• Design and develop test automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and reporting tools to support the flagship streaming mobile apps Disney+ and Hulu. Lead software development efforts, either independently or by mentoring and guiding a team of junior engineers.
• Continuously identify and pursue opportunities to enhance systems, products, or services with each iteration.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for both end users and project contributors.
• Provide training for end users and developers on automation tools and frameworks.
• Investigate and resolve software framework or environmental issues impacting our services.
• Become an integral member of Quality Engineering team, fostering innovation to increase productivity and championing Disney’s core value of quality.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely related.
• 5+ years of related experience in test automation and unit testing frameworks for iOS or Android mobile apps.
• Progressive experience in software development, including front-end UI or back-end services development.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design and expertise in one or more programming languages:
  Swift, Kotlin, Java, or Node.js/Type Script.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong collaboration skills and familiarity with standard Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) tools such as Jira, Confluence, and version control systems like Git Lab or Git Hub.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to deliver project tasks on time.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an elevated level of motivation and a self-starting attitude.

• Experience delivering production iOS/Android mobile apps.
• Experience developing applications in cloud platforms. (e.g., AWS)
• Experience working with cloud-based testing infrastructures. (e.g., Sauce Labs)
• Experience working with Agile methodologies.
• Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems.
• Experience writing Gherkin syntax to facilitate the development of automated test scenarios.
• Experience developing advanced mocking mechanisms. (e.g., rule-based proxies and dummy-services)
• Experience with test suite/case/run management tools. (e.g., JIRA Xray, etc.)

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA and Santa Monica, CA is $117,500 to $157,500 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related…