Lead Automation Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

Posted on: 9/23/2025

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

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💰 $159,500 - $213,900 per year

Senior

AWSCloudDjangoFlaskJavaJavaScriptNode.jsPythonReact

About the role

Senior leader on the Quality Engineering team responsible for improving product quality while decreasing time-to-market
Lead and mentor junior developers and provide in-depth code reviews and technical analysis
Collaborate with immediate teams and peers to design complex solutions, peer review code, and suggest optimization
Develop and support test automation, execution environments and reporting tools
Write code that establishes and enhances test automation and design proof of concepts
Coordinate complex tasks with external teams & stakeholders
Lead a small group of 1-3 motivated software engineers
Provide end-user and developer training on automation tool sets
Contribute to and define Key Performance Indicators to measure project status and effectiveness
Provide strategic input on future initiatives with stakeholders and other engineers
Investigate and resolve test automation, tooling, or environment issues affecting services

Bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field
7+ years of progressive experience in a software development (SDET) occupation, including automated testing of front end and backend services
Proficient in object-oriented design
Expertise with one of the following programming languages: Python, Java, Node/JavaScript
4+ years of experience with test automation and unit testing frameworks
3+ years of experience leading teams of 2 or more
Experience working with Agile and Lean methodologies and frameworks
Experience in deriving and gathering quality KPI’s to give insight into product’s health and progress
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Highly motivated, self-starting individual
Preferred: Experience shipping a production Python, Flask, Django, React or Node.js application
Preferred: Experience in mobile and/or living room application development and testing
Preferred: Experience with developing applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS)
Preferred: Experience with test suite/case/run management tools (e.g., JIRA Xray, etc.)