Automation Engineer I

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

Posted on: 9/20/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California, New York, Washington

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💰 $78,900 - $105,700 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

AWSCloudJavaJavaScriptJenkinsNode.jsPythonSDLC

About the role

Contribute to the development and maintenance of one or more suites of test automation using a structured programming language like Java, Python, or JavaScript, and its associated pre-production execution environments.
Contribute to the design & implementation of test automation frameworks with input from senior engineers by checking-in valuable, clean code regularly that adds new features and capabilities.
Become a member of the Quality Engineering team, driving increasing quality through innovation, automated test creation, Manual testing when required, curiosity and thoughtful debate.
Contribute to the successful implementation of solutions for complex technical problems with DE & ET engineering teams and driving the deployment of Disney backend and guest-facing products at Disney Quality.
Maintenance and support of test automation frameworks, execution environments, manual testing, build systems, and reporting tools.
Triaging, debugging, and resolution of test suite automation bugs or environmental issues affecting our services.
Work with QA test analysts and development teams to implement automated tests for new features.
Maintain documentation meant for internal developer consumption as well as project contributor documentation.
Create and keep manual test cases updated, provide support and training of automation tools to end users.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
Expertise in one of the following programming languages: Node/JavaScript, Java, Python.
Experience with system and unit testing frameworks (e.g. TestNG, Cucumber, Robot Framework etc).
Experience in automated testing on mobile or living room (OTT) devices.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to use standard SDLC tools such as Jira and Confluence, version control systems (e.g. Git), and CI/CD tools and pipelines.
Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver project tasks on time.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Highly motivated, self-starting individual.
Preferred: 1+ year’s experience in a testing role with a mix of manual and automation duties.
Preferred: Experience developing/testing applications on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Device Farm, Sauce Labs).
Preferred: Experience working with Agile methodologies.
Preferred: Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals.
Preferred: Experience with Jenkins or other continuous integration/delivery systems.
Preferred: Experience with test suite/case/run management tools (e.g., JIRA Xray).