Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - Disney Media Player

About the role

The DEEP & Technology team is seeking a Senior Software Development in Test Engineer to join our Engineering Services team to build test automation and processes to ensure the quality of the Disney Media Player across clients and devices.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Software Engineers to understand the Disney Media Player and its cross-device ecosystem at DEEP & Technology
• Develop automated test frameworks and suites on UI, API and Integration levels of testing using JS/Node or other modern languages
• 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 5 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 JS/Node, Python, or other modern OO languages
• Experience with test automation across multiple device platforms (smart TVs, set-top boxes, mobile, web, gaming consoles) or eagerness to develop this expertise
• Familiarity with streaming media concepts (playback quality, ABR, DRM, codec behavior) or interest in developing domain expertise
• Experience building or improving test automation frameworks
• Proficiency in CICD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools
• Experience in Gherkin (BDD/TDD)
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Computer Science (or equivalent degree or work experience)