Lead Software Engineer - Android

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: Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, ABC, ABC News, and many more – these products and brands are the signature doorway for fans’ connections with the company’s stories and deliver unmatched experiences to millions globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex, distinctive technical problems.

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

Job Summary: This is a hands‑on engineering position developing mobile applications for ESPN inside the Android ecosystem in Java/Kotlin. You will work with a cross‑functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Mobile/Web/Backend Engineers, and Content Creators to conceptualize and develop world‑class Disney apps. You will apply technical expertise to manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables; design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions;

and architect reusable solutions shared across all Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology apps. You may lead others to solve complex problems and provide oversight and direction to other software engineers.

• Leading at a project or feature development level
• Overseeing the architecture and solution of a project or feature
• Collaborating and communicating with other platform and back‑end leads on end‑to‑end solutions
• Breaking down feature development tasks into manageable tickets that can be assigned to engineers and worked within a reasonable sprint cadence
• Effectively communicating project status and raising risks that may impact release schedule to leadership
• Coding, PR reviews, writing tests
• Collaborating with QA and Automation Team
• Interacting with the Product Development team to review requirements and discuss feature development

• 7+ years hands‑on professional experience with Android development
• Expertise in object‑oriented, functional, and functional reactive patterns and concepts
• Android app development life cycle including Google Play and Amazon App Store compliance policies and submission requirements
• Experience with a significant consumer app that is currently available in the marketplace
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well‑reasoned explanations
• Operating as a resource to other Software Engineers, providing an open learning environment for cross‑team knowledge sharing

• Expert understanding of HTTP/S, APIs, and web services
• Expertise with unit test frameworks and continuous integration systems such as JUnit 4/5, MockK, and Espresso
• Solid foundation and understanding of dynamic multi‑threaded mobile apps
• Motivated self‑starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Working with minimal technical supervision and supplemental engineering support
• Ability to collaborate in a small, productive…