Senior Sound Designer

Senior Sound DesignerApply Now Apply Later Job ID 10155659 Location Glendale, California, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Aug. 01, 2026

This role is considered remote, which means the employee will work remotely on an ongoing basis and will not have an assigned workspace at a Company designated location.

Job Summary:

Senior Sound Designer
 

Disney Digital Entertainment is looking for a Senior Sound Designer to join us on an ambitious and exciting new project. If you are an imaginative audio creator with superb game development skills and a love of Disney/Pixar, 20th Century, Star Wars, and Marvel properties, you’ll want to check out this opportunity.

We are building an experienced development team that will help create groundbreaking interactive entertainment representing the next generation of Disney storytelling. Working alongside top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for a seasoned game audio professional looking to craft something truly epic — collaborating with designers, artists, engineers, and fellow audio creatives to build memorable worlds and emotionally engaging player experiences that feel distinctly Disney.

This role will report to the Audio Lead.

What You Will Do:

• Be a hands-on sound designer creating high-quality audio content for interactive games and experiences based on Disney’s extensive portfolio of characters and worlds, including Disney/Pixar, Marvel, 20th Century and Star Wars.
• Design, edit, implement, and polish sound effects, ambiences, cinematic audio, and gameplay systems across a variety of genres and play styles.
• Partner closely with the Audio Lead to help define and execute the project’s audio aesthetic.
• Implement interactive audio using Unreal Engine, UEFN (Unreal Editor Fortnite), middleware tools such as Wwise and/or FMOD, and proprietary pipelines.
• Troubleshoot complex implementation and pipeline issues across multiple disciplines.
• Mix and balance in-game audio to achieve clarity, immersion, emotional impact, and gameplay readability.
• Participate in playtests, iteration, and debugging to ensure audio quality and functionality across platforms.

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Basic Qualifications and Skills:

• 6 years of professional game audio experience, including at least two shipped titles in a Senior Sound Designer or equivalent role.
• Expertise designing and implementing interactive audio using Unreal Engine and middleware tools such as Wwise and/or FMOD.
• Strong sound editing, mixing, and audio asset creation skills.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to solve creative and technical challenges.
• Have a deep appreciation for Disney’s storytelling, cinematic presentation, theme park experiences, and overall creative legacy.
• Enjoy creative problem-solving and building experiences that emotionally connect with players.
• Have a strong sense of how sound enhances pacing, player feedback, world-building, and narrative.
• Understand interactive audio pipelines, implementation techniques, and the strengths and limitations of modern game engines and middleware.
• Communicate effectively across disciplines including design, engineering, animation, and production.
• Have a passion for innovation and pushing the boundaries of game audio and player immersion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly in the UEFN development engine.
• Experience composing, arranging, and producing original music for interactive media and games is not required but would be a plus

Additional Information:

• A demo reel and/or online portfolio showcasing sound design and technical audio work.
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Our Benefits: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits( opens in new window)

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The hiring range for this remote position is $95,500 to $128,000 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney DPEP Services Co., Inc., which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

Disney DPEP Services Co., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.