Manager Software Engineering, Backend (Java)

07 Aug 2024

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The Content Experience Delivery team builds systems that provide data at scale to teams across Disney Streaming. We implement reliable, high-request services that deliver data that helps power user experiences for Disney Streaming clients including Hulu, Disney+, Star+ and ESPN+, across web, mobile, and living room devices.

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager who can attract and retain diverse engineering talent, drive a culture of ownership and excellence, and be responsible for 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 outstanding customer experiences to enable growth of Disney Streaming products worldwide!

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
  • Ability to move quickly and adjust to meet the changing needs of the product
  • Curiosity for new technologies and ability to build space for growth and evolution of products and team

Basic Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of engineering management experience
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 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 (reactive design)
  • Practical knowledge and meaningful experience deploying web services in cloud infrastructure
  • Experience writing unit tests / implementing test driven development processes

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Java, Scala, Kotlin, or other JVM based language.
  • Experience with AWS cloud technologies
  • Experience with storage technologies: DynamoDB, RDBMS, or NoSQL
  • Experience working with remote global teams and a flexible schedule to meet in different time zones.

Required Education:
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Additional Information:
  • Location - Seattle, WA, NYC, NY or Remote but must be willing to work Eastern Time hours as needed

#DisneyTech

  • ID: #44664835
  • State: Washington Seattle-tacoma 98101 Seattle-tacoma USA
  • City: Seattle-tacoma
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-08-07
  • Deadline: 2022-10-05
  • Category: Et cetera