Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Walt Disney Company is a global organization focused on technology and creativity in media. They are seeking a Software Engineer I to join the Roku Client Application Engineering Team, responsible for building and enhancing the Disney+ Direct-to-Consumer client app on Roku streaming devices.
Responsibilities
- Be a member of a team of engineers responsible for building our client app experiences in BrightScript, using the Roku SceneGraph SDK
- Contribute to the development of new application features from on-boarding to browse UI/UX experiences, analytics, video playback UI/UX and much more. If you see it on screen, you’ll likely have a chance to work on it in code
- Have the opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and systems outside of the Roku apps, such as JavaScript- & React-based web tools, gulp build scripts, AWS configurations, and Node.js services
- Work with Roku to vet new hardware, firmware and certification requirements from a client application perspective
- Collaborate closely with our client SDK engineering, design engineering, services engineering teams and product owners to help understand and communicate requirements and device limitations
Skills
- Experience working on user interface-level code and knowledge of common patterns and architectures (MVVM, MVC, React, etc.), and approaches to present a data-driven UX to viewers
- Familiarity with development and troubleshooting, preferably on set-top boxes or Smart TVs
- Under the guidance of more senior engineers, candidates will be expected to become proficient in the use of reusable utilities and UI components, and generalized logic that can be consumed by multiple applications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
- Preferred one year of related work experience and/or internship experience
- Experience with JavaScript client- and server-side development
- Experience with DevOps, gulp scripts, Jenkins and AWS
- Experience creating beautiful, rich, performant user interfaces, including implementing pixel-perfect designs and animations
- Previous work on a range of devices with varying performance and capabilities
- Experience with configuration-driven development
- Performance optimization and feature degradation techniques experience
- Experience creating and extending templated controls, and writing custom controls
- Experience with asynchronous and concurrent code
- Familiarity with unit testing and related patterns
Benefits
- A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
- The full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company Overview
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows. It was founded in 1923, and is headquartered in Burbank, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
The Walt Disney Company has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 54 in 2025, 66 in 2024, 96 in 2023, 130 in 2022, 30 in 2021, 40 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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