Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
Location
Bristol, CT | United States
Job description
SUMMARY
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
A few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building the future of Disney’s media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
Platform Software Engineering oversees the core technical platforms and systems for Disney’s massive suite of streaming products – including Disney+ and Hulu – and digital products and experiences – including ESPN, Marvel, Disney Studios, NatGeo, and ABC News. This team also drives the strategic development and use of technology, building scalable systems and products that can power a more personalized experience for Disney customers, as well as innovative work in Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and 3D rendering in our studio environments. When you’re watching SportsCenter and you’re impressed by how awesome the studio looks, you have this team to thank! As Manager of Software Engineering in the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology organization, you will lead a team of developers helping to build and power ESPN’s consumer-facing products and help build and support the data and content pipelines behind the live processing of our core systems, build and support the taxonomy systems that power the products across our brands and build and support the tools and systems around our Content Management and Syndication Platforms. You’ll be expected to deliver quickly and iteratively in an agile environment while providing mentorship and leadership to your team members as they build a world class platform supporting one of Disney’s premier brands.
Responsibilities:
Manage a mixed team of full time and contracted engineers of all levels of skill and experience.
Collaborate with product managers and fellow engineers in the design and implementation of systems delivering high throughput personalized experiences.
Drive the planning, design, and implementation of both short-term projects and long-term infrastructure initiatives.
Interface with a variety of stakeholders to define requirements and project timelines.
Efficiently operate mission-critical cloud-based services, with an emphasis in reliability, security, and performance.
Analyze and resolve complex engineering problems involving high trafficked web and mobile application services and APIs.
Work with the team to iteratively improve development practices and processes.
Perform code reviews and guide the technical direction of the team.
Basic Qualifications:
2+ years of engineering management experience
8+ years of relevant industry experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Demonstrated ability to oversee and manage the deployment/operations of complex web service tiers and persistence layers and able to lead a team of software engineers, providing mentorship and setting technical direction
Deep understanding of web architecture including caching and API delivery paradigms (REST, GraphQL)
Strong knowledge in Java and experience with multiple open-source technologies like Spring, Tomcat, Nginx, Solr, Redis, MongoDB, GraphQL and both relational and NoSQL
Experience with developing for public clouds like Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS) and knowledge of authentication & authorization systems such as OAuth, Token Auth or LDAP
Experience with full software development lifecycle and common best practices like unit testing, collaborative version control flows, and continuous integration
Preferred Qualifications:
Proven experience developing, monitoring, and maintaining high-volume and highly-available distributed systems
Demonstrated ability to recruit and manage technical teams, including performance management
Experience with real-time messaging frameworks, such as Kafka or AWS Messaging services
Hands-on experience performing DevOps duties and developing infrastructure as code (Jenkins, TeamCity, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Kubernetes)
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The hiring range for this position in Bristol, CT is $164,500 - $220,600 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.
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