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Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology 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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney’s industry-leading ad technology and products – driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney’s sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.

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As Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead and mentor a team of engineers, overseeing the delivery of high-performance, distributed systems and web-based user-facing applications. You’ll drive technical direction and project execution, model and foster a culture rooted in empathy, clear communication, technical excellence, adaptability, and inclusion; a foundation that will catalyze innovation in a complex, dynamic environment. Your unique blend of hands-on experience, architectural vision, and people leadership will help shape the next generation of Disney’s programmatic ad technology.

On a daily basis you should bring:

● A passion for mentoring, learning, and supporting the development of both people and systems.

● Dedication to maintaining a culture of excellence and continuous improvement by encouraging experimentation, process refinement, learning, accountability, inclusivity, and transparency.

● A strong grasp of relevant technologies, architecture, and engineering best practices.

● A commitment and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and functions on architecture, design, and implementation.

● Strategic thinking with a pragmatic approach to technical challenges, balancing innovation with practical execution.

● Your unique view and experience.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

● Collaborate with cross-functional partners to facilitate sprint planning and prioritization, translating requirements into actionable implementation tickets and technical plans with measurable outcomes that align with business and product goals.

● Guide and support your team in architecting, designing, and implementing scalable, maintainable, loosely coupled, and testable software for a high-performance ad platform.

● Review code, architecture, and system designs, maintaining high standards of quality, interoperability, observability, and best practices.

● Estimate effort and evaluate design trade-offs for high throughput, low latency microservices.

● Communicate openly and listen actively, ensuring your team and stakeholders understand context, goals, and decisions.

● Coach, mentor, and develop engineers by providing actionable feedback, regular 1:1s, recognition, and career growth support.

● Champion an inclusive and transparent culture, encouraging diverse perspectives and building trust.

● Lead effective conflict resolution with a solutions-oriented, positive approach. ● Take part in performance management, annual reviews, and development planning for your reports to support career growth.

● Encourage accountability and ownership—celebrating wins, learning from failure, and instilling confidence.

● Participate in a weekly-rotating On-Call support schedule.

 Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications

● 8+ years of software engineering experience

● Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and managing a team of engineers.

● Advanced proficiency with Java, the SDLC, and solid knowledge of micro-service architecture.

● Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend libraries/frameworks (ReactJS or similar).

● Strong hands-on knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, etc.), including schema and query design, as well as NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB) database technologies.

● Hands-on experience building performant web-based user interfaces.

● Demonstrable analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.

● Strong foundation in computer science principles, including data structures, algorithms, and system design.

● Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience with

● Spring Boot and related Spring projects.

● Relational databases, such as MySQL or Postgres

● Non-relational database technologies like DynamoDB.

● JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as React, Node.js

● Caching datastores such as Redis, ValKey, or MemCache.

● Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka and/or AWS Kinesis.

● Cloud platforms such as AWS.

● Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Required Education

● BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience.

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