Software Developer II

The Walt Disney Company

Software Developer in Test Engineer developing automated test frameworks and ensuring quality in Disney's media business. Collaborating with teams to enhance systems and improve product quality.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeBristol • California, Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $97,500 - $130,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJenkinsPythonSeleniumSpinnaker

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work closely with Software Engineers to understand the complex ecosystem in place at DEEP&T
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
Part of product teams in building architectures which are robust, fault-tolerant, and cloud- native.
Builds solutions for problems of sizeable scope and complexity that have been successfully deployed to customers/users.
Influences and drives software engineering best practices within the team
Technically lead and deliver multiple projects utilizing an Agile methodology while reviewing team members code.
Participates in developing technical and/or business approaches; and new/enhanced technical tools.
Owns the design of software programs or systems within the team, and within the organization.
Writes codes that establishes and enhances frameworks.
Reviews code for the design, testability and clear usability.
Builds solutions that scale and perform.
Identifies opportunities to improve the system/product/services with each iteration.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field or equivalent years of work experience
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in hands-on software test development experience, including both functional and non-functional test development
Passion around driving best practices in the testing space
Solid experience 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
Experience in CICD integration and pipeline development in Jenkins, Spinnaker or other similar tools
Experience in UI automation ( Selenium, Robot, Watir)
Experience in Gherkin ( BDD /TDD )
Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team

Benefits

Comp & perks

A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythonobject-oriented programmingtest automation frameworksfunctional testingnon-functional testingUI automationCICD integrationpipeline developmentGherkinAgile methodology

Soft Skills

team collaborationproblem-solvinginfluencing best practicesleadershipcommunicationadaptabilitypassion for qualitydesign discussionstriage and diagnosisdriving improvements

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Scienceequivalent work experience