// Open Role at Disney
Join Disney's Product Software Engineering team to build scalable back-end systems for ESPN's Fantasy and Prediction Games, impacting millions of users globally.
Job Posting Title:
Product Software Engineer II
Req ID:
10160716
Job Description:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
The Fantasy Platform Engineering team builds systems that power games on ESPN including Fantasy League Manager (Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey), and Prediction Games (Tournament Challenge, NFL Pick ‘Em etc) that scales to millions of individual users. As a Product Software Engineer, you will help drive the platform forward by delivering efficient back-end code on new and existing features, while collaborating directly with stakeholders on the client side and other engineering teams
We’re looking for a passionate, impactful, technical leader who wants to come here to do their very best work and make their mark, add their chapter to the long and storied history of The Walt Disney Company. Someone who holds themselves and their teammates accountable in a professional, collaborative manner. A collaborative technologist who seeks to bring the best out in themselves and those around them. Someone who can provide a fresh perspective and innovative insight to our initiatives.
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The hiring range for this position in Bristol, CT is $117,500 to $157,500 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Job Posting Segment:
Product Engineering
Job Posting Primary Business:
PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Tech Enablement
Primary Job Posting Category:
Product Software Engineering
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Bristol, CT, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2026-09-23
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience. 3+ years of relevant experience. Write efficient, reliable, and testable code. Design and implement automated code and system tests. Review, analyze, and optimize code for readability, reliability, and performance. Instrument, monitor, and support live operations of systems your team owns. Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across company platforms. Maintain a deep understanding of core systems and their interaction with upstream and downstream dependencies. Responsible for fundamental platform performance, scalability, and resiliency.