Senior Software Engineer
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Careers
New York, NY · $151k–$202k a year · Posted October 30, 2026
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Where New York, NY ranks
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for operations jobs1,429 openings · of 100
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Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,318 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $176,650 a year. Across 1,035 open senior software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $170,000 to $222,500 and the median is $199,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 11% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
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About the job
...Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists... ...problems.Media Engineering builds the software and systems that prepare media content... ...across our stack. Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us deliver excellent...