Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology encompasses leading premium streaming services, offering live and on-demand TV and movies, with and without commercials, both in and outside the home. Operating at the intersection of entertainment and technology, Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology has a unique opportunity to be the number one choice for TV. We captivate and connect viewers with the stories they love, and we’re looking for people who are passionate about redefining TV through innovation, unconventional thinking, and embracing fun. Join us and see what Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Technology life is all about.

We strive to be a diverse team, passionate about great technology applied creatively to solve complex business problems. We are a motivated team that is committed to lifelong learning and improving, both in and out of the office. We strive to be flexible and adaptable to change both in how we execute projects and in the technologies we use to deliver our solutions. We care about the details because every pixel, every line of code, and every user interaction with our products determines whether we are delivering on our commitment to producing the very best products possible. You’ll be joining a talented team that works interdependently toward aggressive goals to deliver technically sound solutions. We work to ensure that we share both accountability and credit as a team. We often include our users as part of our team and we work to connect with them on a human level, understanding their world, so we can deliver software that they love to use.

The Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology team in Santa Monica is seeking a Sr. Software Development in Test Engineer to join our Engineering Services team to build test automation and processes to ensure the quality of our advertising systems. When our systems work properly, they are able to reliably deliver relevant ads to all of our viewers; driving higher revenue for our business and helping our customers to discover brands and products that are relevant to their interests. Defects in our ad systems can negatively impact revenue and deliver advertisements that detract from the viewer experience due to irrelevance, repetition and other factors. This is a unique opportunity to join an excellent team and have a meaningful impact on the QE and automation process and culture, as well as the products we release. As a result, those most likely to excel in this role are independent, creative, and able to operate effectively in ambiguous circumstances. If you are interested in a testing role with a heavy emphasis on automated testing where the results of your testing will have significant impact on the business and be highly visible to company leadership, then this might be the right opportunity for you!

Responsibities include:

• Work closely with Software Engineers to understand the complex advertising ecosystem in place at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• Develop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API and Integration levels of testing using python or other OO 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

• Where 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

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on software test development experience, including both functional and non-functional test development

• Passion around driving best practices in the testing space

• Proficiency with Python or other OO language

• Knowledge of software engineering practices and agile approaches

• Strong desire for establishing and improving product quality

• Experience building or improving test automation frameworks .

• Proficiency CICD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools.

• Proficiency in UI automation ( Selenium, Robot, Watir)

• Experience in Gherkin ( BDD /TDD )

• Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team

• B.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent degree or work experience)

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