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# Lead Product Software Engineer

- **Company:** Walt Disney Studios
- **Location:** Bristol, CT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $158,100.0 - $211,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** App Store (IOS), Code Review, Software Design Patterns, Objective-C (Programming Language), Software Product Management, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Strategies of Testing, Web Services, Uikit, Multithreading, Siri, Backend, Build Management, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28127212/Lead-Product-Software-Engineer-Connecticut-Bristol-1015

## About the Role

* 7+ years hands-on professional experience with iOS/tvOS development
 * Experience working on a significant consumer app that is currently available in the marketplace
 * Strong understanding of OO and Swift design patterns and concepts
 * A sound understanding of HTTP and REST-style web services
 * Demonstrated ability to design and build dynamic multi-threaded iOS/tvOS apps
 * Solid understanding of iOS app development life cycle including Apple App Store compliance policies and submissions requirements
 * Experience with Apple frameworks such as UIKit, AVFoundation, Security, and StoreKit
 * Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization
 * Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations
 * Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing architectural improvements, user-facing features, and/or fixing defects.
 * Work with minimal technical supervision and supplemental engineering support, * Experience with tvOS-specific functionality including the Focus Engine, SIRI Remote, and the Top Shelf
 * Experience building video-based applications with knowledge of the HLS protocol and Fairplay DRM

Experience with:

 * Swift or Objective C

 * Swift UI or UIKit, * BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent

## Description

This is a hands-on engineering position developing the ESPN tvOS in Swift. In this role, you will work with a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Mobile/Web/Backend Engineers, and Content Creators to conceptualize and develop world-class Disney apps. Based on your experience, you will apply your technical abilities to manage multiple project priorities, deadlines and deliverables and will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. You will architect reusable solutions that are shared across all Disney apps and help guide others to solve complex problems and provide oversight and direction to other software engineers., * Hands on engineering and coding: Write Swift code for tvOS feature development and perform code reviews for team members.

 * Technical strategy & architecture - Define the long-term architecture and system design decisions that affect multiple teams.
 * Mentoring and Technical Leadership: Coach senior and junior engineers, run design reviews and knowledge shares, and grow technical capability across the team.
 * Cross-functional Partnership: Work with Product, Design, and other engineering leads to shape requirements, validate technical feasibility, and influence roadmap decisions before they're finalized.
 * Quality, reliability, and Testing Strategy: Partner with QA and automation teams to triage bugs, define testing strategy, and ensure systems meet reliability standards.