Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026

The Walt Disney Company • San Francisco, CA • 1h ago

About the Role & Program:

The Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology (DE&ET) organization plays a central role in the future growth of The Walt Disney Company. Our team is responsible for worldwide linear and digital media distribution, design and development of all consumer-facing digital products, advertising technology, consumer data, and international broadcast operations. Our employees are leading, creating, and innovating, making bold moves in unexpected directions that redefine not just what a media company does, but what it can do. With The Walt Disney Company, you can be part of media's evolution, helping us create what's next.

Be a part of an innovative team and culture...

This role falls within the Core Media Technology (CMT) team in DE&ET's Media Engineering organization. CMT is one of our Research and Advanced Development teams whose focus is in the domain of video and audio processing that drives enhancements into our video processing platform for live and on-demand video streaming delivery. Our work involves optimizing media encoding, introducing new media codecs, developing video quality and performance assessment frameworks and conducting innovative media research towards the development of future platform capabilities.

What You Will Do:

Throughout this internship, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively within the CMT team contributing to one or more of our active research and advanced development projects. At any given time, you may find yourself:

Contributing to one of our advanced media ML/AI processing projects

Developing python-based scripts to drive media analysis

Developing web-apps/dashboards for data visualization

Contributing to subjective experiments evaluating video quality

Testing and evaluating new video codecs

Required Qualifications & Skills:

Knowledge and experience in Python

Understanding or experience with Linux

Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Proficiency in data analysis and analytical thinking

Strong ability to multi-task and @context-switch with ease in a fast-paced, and ever-evolving organization

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Experience developing and optimizing AI/ML models and frameworks

Knowledge and experience with Python libraries such as pandas/NumPy for data analysis and matplotlib/plotly for visualization

Video encoding and codec (e.g. H264, H265, AV1) experience

Experience with data visualization and analysis

Experience with building web-apps/dashboards for data visualization

Experience with working with Dockers

Education:

Junior or Senior year preferred

Currently enrolled undergraduate student in an accredited college/university, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Graphics Technology/Visualization or related field.

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:

Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program AND returning to school the semester/quarter following the internship OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.

Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.

Be at least 18 years of age

Possess unrestricted work authorization

Additional Information

Fully available from M-F, 40 hours each week for the entire program duration: May/June - August/September 2026 (12 weeks)

Available for one evening meeting weekly with our extended Beijing team (typically 8-9pm ET Mondays)

Able to provide own housing for the duration internship program in San Francisco, CA or Morrisville, NC

Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work

The pay rate for this role in San Francisco, CA or Morrisville, NC is $42.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

Job ID: 10135270

Location: San Francisco,California

Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email Candidate.Accommodations@Disney.com with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.

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