Senior Software Engineer, Frontend - AI Core Engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Frontend - AI Core Engineering

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Location – Glendale, California, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States

Business – Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Date posted – Mar. 03, 2026

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.

• 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:
  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.
• Innovation: we develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex technical problems.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to join the AI Core team to design, build, and scale modern web applications and developer‑facing platforms that power AI‑enabled experiences across Ad Platforms. The position is hands‑on and product‑focused, with responsibility for building production‑ready frontend applications, influencing UI architecture, and shaping the user experience for next‑generation AI‑enabled systems used across Disney’s Ad Platforms organization.

• Build modern web applications using React, Type Script, and contemporary frontend frameworks.
• Design and implement reusable UI components, shared libraries, and scalable frontend architectures.
• Develop responsive, performant, and accessible interfaces that meet enterprise production standards.
• Integrate frontend systems with backend APIs, AI services, and platform infrastructure.
• Contribute to frontend architecture decisions, code‑quality standards, and engineering best practices.
• Build and maintain scalable UI components and frontend architectures aligned with enterprise design systems and shared UI standards.

• Build interfaces for AI‑powered workflows such as agent dashboards, evaluation tools, automation consoles, and prompt tooling.
• Implement UI patterns supporting real‑time updates, streaming model responses, and data visualization.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to translate model capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
• Debug and optimize frontend performance for applications integrating AI services.

• Partner with product managers, designers, and platform teams to deliver scalable user‑facing capabilities.
• Lead or contribute to system design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions for frontend platforms.
• Work cross‑functionally across engineering teams to ensure consistent UX patterns and shared UI standards.
• Provide mentorship, code reviews, and technical guidance to other engineers when needed.
• Take ownership of frontend architecture for major features or platform surfaces.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred) or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience building modern web applications in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in Type Script, JavaScript, React, and modern frontend architecture patterns.
• Experience integrating frontend systems with APIs and distributed backend services.
• Experience building scalable UI systems or…