The Walt Disney Company

Senior Manager, Software Engineering – Streaming Backend Quality

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Santa Monica • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $184,300 - $247,100 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

JavaJavaScriptNode.jsPythonSDLC

About the role

  • Manage multiple agile globally distributed teams of full-time and contracted engineers.
  • Set and manage team expectations and OKRs.
  • Report on project and team progress to both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with product, program, engineering, and operations on the quality delivery of supported products.
  • Drive the planning, design and implementation of both short-term and long-term projects.
  • Support budget and resource planning needs.
  • Successfully analyze and resolve complex problems, leading and coordinating across both internal and external teams & stakeholders.
  • Mentor and guide managers, leaders and senior engineers.
  • Guide and direct a cohesive technical direction for the teams, supporting and performing code and architecture reviews when needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer and/or Electrical Engineering, or comparable field of study and/or equivalent years of work experience
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in software development or automated testing.
  • 3+ years of management or people leadership experience.
  • Expertise in at least one of the following programming languages: Node/JavaScript, Java, Python.
  • Experience with system and unit testing frameworks, SDLC tools such as Jira and Confluence, version control systems (e.g. Git), and CI/CD tools and pipelines.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Highly skilled in project management practices, leading quality teams, mentoring people and technology leaders, and setting technical direction.
  • Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver project tasks on time.
  • Highly motivated, self-starting individual with strong verbal and written communication skills who can successfully communicate up, down, and across.
Benefits
  • 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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Hard skills
Node.jsJavaScriptJavaPythonsystem testingunit testingSDLCCI/CDversion controlautomated testing
Soft skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationproject managementmentoringleadershiporganizational skillsdetail-orientedself-motivatedtime management
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Information SystemsBachelor's degree in Computer EngineeringBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering