Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Job Description

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 tools and applications. The right person will collaborate closely with partners, product & project managers, developers and designers across the Product and Operations & Engineering organizations to deliver best in class customer experiences and tools to enable growth of Disney OTT 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 have great oral and written communication skills
• Making wise choices and take smart risks when dealing with ambiguous requirements
• 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:
• 5 + years of engineering management experience
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience attracting diverse talent, build and lead teams
• Experience with and opinionated about the software development lifecycle and agile development methodology
• REST web API experience required
• Experience working with front-end web technology frameworks like: React, Angular, Vue
• Experience with AWS cloud technology – SNS/SQS/Kinesis/ECS/Lambda
• Experience with Event driven systems architectures (reactive design)
• Experience with containerized & serverless applications
• Experience working to support high-performance web-based user interfaces
• Experience building services using REST, GraphQL & WebSockets
• Practical knowledge and relevant experience deploying web services in cloud infrastructure
• Experience writing unit tests / implementing test driven development processes
• Experience with languages: Scala, JavaScript, Python
Experience with storage technologies: DynamoDB, RDBMS, NoSQL
• • • Required Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5e0y3-18-226-93-207-42 in your application.