Mgr Software Engineering

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.

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager who can attract and retain diverse engineering talent, drive a culture of ownership and excellence, and own the development of strategic services and infrastructure. The right person will collaborate closely with partners, product & program managers, and developers across Disney Streaming organizations to deliver best in class customer experiences to enable growth of Disney Streaming products worldwide. 

You'll join a hardworking group of engineers who build and manage systems that is the source of truth for all D+ telemetry and validates all telemetry for all D+ clients  - ultimately powering D+ analytics and quality metrics.  The team is also responsible for user friendly interfaces for E2E stakeholders like clint devs, QA, business analysts, backend engineers, product, etc.

We're passionate about data - just like you! You'll apply your experience with database technologies to construct distributed, large-scale services.

Responsibilities:

• Building and maintaining a diverse software engineering team: training, career development, mentoring, and process improvement
• Ownership of roadmap and engineering vision for applications and tools
• Collaboration with product managers and other business partners to prioritize work and set goals for the team
• Refining engineering practices and maintaining operational excellence
• Diligence, thoughtfulness, and great verbal and written communication skills
• Proactivity and ability to move fast or pivot to meet the changing needs of the product
• Curiosity for emerging technologies and ability to create space for growth and evolution of products and team

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with a significant portion as a programmer and/or technical leader.
• Experience attracting diverse talent, building and leading teams
• Strong programming skills in an object-oriented language, and a strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.)
• Experience with Event driven systems architectures
• Practical knowledge and relevant experience deploying web services in cloud infrastructure
• Experience writing unit tests / implementing test driven development processes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Svelte or modern UI frameworks.
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies
• Experience with server-side rendering (SSR), experience with e2e testing frameworks Playwright or Cypress, Vite or Webpack, experience with observability tools.
• Experience with storage technologies: DynamoDB, RDBMS, NoSQL
• Experience working with remote global teams and a flexible schedule to meet in different time zones.

The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $167,700 - $224,900 per year, Seattle, WA / New York, NY is $175,800 - $235,700 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $183,700 - $246,400 per year. 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.