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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.

The Advertising Platforms team is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions that power the sale, management, and delivery of advertising across Disney's media properties. This includes the self-service tools that put campaign creation, targeting, and optimization directly into the hands of our advertisers. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney's advertising sales, operations, and regional business teams.

Job Summary

We are the team behind Disney Campaign Manager, Disney's self-service advertising application, with a mission to empower advertisers of every size to plan, launch, and optimize campaigns across Disney's premier media portfolio. Disney Campaign Manager is part of the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology segment which is responsible for The Walt Disney Company's direct-to-consumer businesses globally, including the ESPN+ sports streaming service, programmed in conjunction with ESPN; Disney+, the Disney-branded direct-to-consumer streaming service; global advertising sales and ad technology for all of Disney's media properties, including ABC, ESPN, Freeform, FX Networks, National Geographic and the Disney Channels; Hotstar, the leading over-the-top streaming service in India; and the Company's majority ownership stake in Hulu.

As the Manager, Product Software Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for leading several a team of full stack developers working across varying projects to build and scale Disney Campaign Manager, our customer-facing self-service advertising platform. This is a full stack role: your teams own everything from the customer-facing web experience through the backend services and APIs that power it, and you are expected to be conversant across the entire stack. As their leader, you will mentor and guide, as well as assist in the tactical execution at the ground level. You are still expected to have a deep understanding of the technology we build, and the tools we use to do so. You will participate in code reviews and help with larger architectural decision making, while also managing the operations of your teams. Because this is a product our advertisers interact with directly, you will keep the customer experience — usability, performance, reliability, and trust — at the center of every decision.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for software engineering leadership and direction across the customer-facing self-service experience (campaign creation, audience targeting, creative setup, budgeting, and optimization workflows).
• Responsible for software engineering leadership and direction across the platform and integration services that power Campaign Manager (ad serving and delivery integrations, external APIs, reporting and measurement pipelines, and supporting infrastructure).
• Be accountable for the performance and results of a single team of software engineers.
• Make decisions and provide leadership in high pressure and time sensitive situations, guided by resource availability and functional objectives.
• Facilitate communication and healthy collaboration between your team and the product, design, marketing, QA and business teams we work closely with.
• Exhibit expert knowledge to analyze the intricacies of complex technical challenges; stay informed of industry innovations; provide new perspectives on existing solutions.
• Work closely with your project management counterparts to manage team timelines and resourcing.
• Mentor and grow the careers of managers and senior engineers.
• Help with software design and review and approve software architecture and development plans for new and complex products and features.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building complex platform applications at scale or other relevant experience.
• Passion for leadership and relationship building across cross-functional teams.
• Hands on full stack development experience, spanning a modern front-end stack (React, TypeScript, and Next.js) and Java or Node backend systems.
• Experience designing and operating REST APIs within a microservices architecture.
• Experience with both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL data stores, along with caching layers (e.g., Redis) to meet performance needs.
• Experience delivering platform services on AWS using open-source technologies.
• Experience building and operating customer-facing applications at scale, with strong instincts for performance, reliability, and observability.
• Ability to make decisions about technical best practices and your team's operational process.
• Be practical and personable with strong communication and writing skills.
• Good understanding of agile software development methodologies.
• Experience building multiple concurrent projects of high technical complexity.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of experience leading teams of software engineers building complex applications at scale.
• Industry experience building customer-facing SaaS or self-service web applications.
• Experience with advertising technology, campaign management, or ad-serving/programmatic ecosystems.
• Experience with reporting, measurement, and data visualization for end users.
• Depth in both front-end and backend architecture design, with the ability to guide technical decisions across the full stack.
• Familiarity with server-side rendering and front-end performance optimization (e.g., Next.js) for high-traffic, customer-facing applications.

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience demonstrating an expert level understanding of software development and infrastructure.

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PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $174,100 to $233,500 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.

This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

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