Job Posting Title:

Software Engineering Intern, Morrisville, NC, Summer 2025

Req ID:

10105231

Job Description:

About the Role and 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.

This internship 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:

Testing and evaluating new video codecs

Contributing to subjective experiments evaluating video quality

Developing python-based scripts to drive media analysis

Developing web-apps/dashboards for data visualization

Contributing to one of our advanced media processing projects

Required Qualifications & Skills

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

Understanding or experience with Linux

Experience deploying and optimizing AI/ML models and frameworks

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

Knowledge and experience in C/C++ 

Video encoding and codec (e.g. H264, H265, AV1, VVC) 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 pursing a bachelor’s with a major in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Engineering or related major preferred 

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

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 2025 (12 weeks)

Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the Morrisville, NC area

Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work

The pay rate for this role in Santa Monica, CA or Seattle, WA or New York, NY is $40.00 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 Posting Segment:

Media Engineering

Job Posting Primary Business:

ME - Playback Services

Primary Job Posting Category:

Technology Intern

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Morrisville, NC, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2025-02-21