Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026

Job Posting Title:

Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026

Req ID:

10135177

Job Description:

About the Role & Program:

Product Engineering builds the software and systems which prepare, deliver, and play streaming media content across the Disney media brands including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and ABC. Our objective is to provide the best playback experience in the industry to our viewers.

Product Engineering handles video, audio, and metadata for normalization, processing, and packaging – supporting operator tools and automation for a scalable workflow. We build logic across both players and back-end services to measure, control, and optimize playback across our stack. We embrace unconventional thinking and are passionate about contributing to the Walt Disney Company’s direct-to-consumer experience.

Our team is looking for hardworking team players to join us in Product Engineering, who will thrive upon the legacy of the Disney media brands and are passionate about contributing to the experiences we deliver through ESPN, ABC News, Lucas Films, Marvel, National Geographic, Pixar, and the Disney animation and film studios.

The Application Player Engineering Apple Engineering team mission is to design video streaming playback solutions in collaboration with encoding, packaging, and delivery teams to optimize the Disney streaming technology stack for the best streaming experience possible on all platforms.

Our team is seeking someone who can fill the role of an Intern to collaborate in creating a feature rich standard streaming media playback library on Apple devices. Our goal is to provide an avenue for real-world work experience in an exciting aspect of Disney streaming technology.  You will provide valuable contributions to our organization and to our fans, participate in learning and development opportunities, and launch an exciting career in one of the most exciting aspects in the tech industry.

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.

What You Will Do:

• Opportunity for someone to gain experience with Apple development – including hands-on Swift/SwiftUI development.

• Opportunity for collaboration within a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, Web Developers, and Content Creators that conceptualize and develop solutions that are shared across all Disney experiences.

• Hands-on development on a flagship product where you will directly influence a feature or have impact on quality of a feature-set.

• Learn to troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across our various platforms.

• Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization.

• Participate in project estimation and resource planning.

• Research and development for media playback experiences, integration, and testing.

• Collaboration with team-members for new features which integrate