Engineering Manager

The Walt Disney Company

Engineering Manager driving innovative data platforms and solutions at Disney. Leading technical teams and managing product strategies in a collaborative environment.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeBurbank • California, Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $171,600 - $230,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaPythonScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a technical team through the delivery of major engineering initiatives, providing guidance for major technical projects related to data platforms and solutions.
Lead project teams while delivering on-time, on-budget and on-scope.
Lead the innovation, development and improvement of software and data solutions by managing day-to-day development, testing and implementation of technical solutions.
Product ownership for data platforms—including setting product strategy and defining and managing the product roadmap.
Partner closely with business stakeholders to deliver data solutions that meet their business needs.
Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences.
Lead a team of individual contributors and provide mentorship and career development beyond day-to-day technical guidance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of technical experience designing, architecting, and programming data solutions using languages such as Python, Scala, or Java.
Proven track record of architecting and managing high-scale cloud data platforms, with mandatory, hands-on experience in Snowflake.
Deep domain expertise in enterprise financial data architectures (e.g., FP&A, modern ledgers, corporate consolidation workflows).
Demonstrated experience successfully operating as both an Engineering Delivery Manager and a Data Product Owner.
Proven success leading the end-to-end execution of large, complex, data-centric initiatives from inception to production deployment.
Strong history of leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams of data engineers and individual contributors.
Exceptional capability to partner across all organizational levels, effectively translating complex technical roadmaps for non-technical business executives.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with high operational standards, keeping teams aligned on scope, budget, and deadlines.
Intellectually curious with a continuous drive to evaluate and adopt emerging data technologies and industry best practices.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical benefits
Financial benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonScalaJavaSnowflakedata architecturecloud data platformssoftware developmentdata solutionsdata testingdata implementation

Soft Skills

communication skillsmentorshipteam leadershipproject managementstakeholder engagementorganizational skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityintellectual curiosity