What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Software Engineering position at Disney?
Manager, Software Engineering
Job Summary:
Department/Group Overview:
The Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) Technology organization enables enterprise-wide consumer technology and data capabilities to deliver on the promise of more direct consumer relationships, personalized product experiences and more active engagement with content and advertising. With global scale, local presence, and deep technological excellence, DMED Technology helps DMED and The Walt Disney Company optimize technology, platforms, and resources, bring creative ideas to life and create industry-shaping approaches.
Job Summary:
The embedded engineering organization is responsible for developing the tools, platforms, and methodologies that deliver performant, resilient, and efficient cloud platforms and architectures supporting the DMED Technology platforms and business areas through embedding engineering resources into cross-functional delivery teams for the development and ongoing support of critical business platforms. The Manager of Embedded Engineering works as a leader of leaders, with a focus on driving the strategic and operational implementation of plans across the function, partnering closely with senior management, stakeholders, and product delivery areas to align function to critical business area objectives.
Drives continuous process and engineering improvement across functional area.
Partners closely with Senior leadership on functional and business area priorities and objectives and driving solutions that meet those objectives.
Provides leadership to managers and professional staff.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
Manages a team of software engineers responsible for providing desired functionality to assigned products or services.
Manages the development, testing and implementation of cloud infrastructure that meets established specifications on time and within budget.
Ensures that features deployed have technical integrity and stability. Accountable for day to day performance of team, operation and expected results.
Responsible for ensuring team has appropriate & high technical competence through headcount planning, recruitment, career development and performance assessment.
Responsible for tactical execution of business objectives
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent
Typically has 8 years of experience in a technical field specific to the business. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training or work experience. Has expert knowledge of technological components utilized by the organization and the company.
5 years of management experience
Deep knowledge of core internet and networking protocols including, but not limited to TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP
Expert knowledge with Amazon Web Services-based infrastructure and management including, but not limited to Route 53, ALB, EC2, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Lambda, VPC, ECS, EKS, IAM, S3, etc
Experience with web caching and load balancing technologies such as HAProxy, Varnish, and Nginx
Expertise applying security best practices to application, system, and public cloud infrastructure
Deep knowledge & expertise in configuring, deploying, tuning, and supporting web frameworks at scale on Linux and container platforms
Intermediate to advanced experience writing, maintaining and deploying RESTful services
Proficient working with Terraform, Ansible, or other configuration management tools
Proficient with version control systems (Git, TFS, SVN)
Experience managing site content and configuration via CDN providers
Intermediate to advanced experience integrating with CI/CD platforms and tool chains such as TeamCity, Jenkins, and Gitlab
Intermediate to advanced experience integrating with commercial and open source monitoring and telemetry platforms
Advanced coding experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Python, Java, Ruby, C/C , Go
You should know Object Oriented Design, common data structures, algorithms that go along with them, and how to test your code
Decision Making:
Bolded line is most associated with the decision-making demands needed to successfully accomplish the essential duties of the position.
Work is closely supervised. Follows specific, detailed instructions and guidelines. Solves problems of limited scope and complexity.
Work is moderately supervised. Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and overall adequacy and accuracy. Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity. Supervisory approval is obtained on situations where practices and procedures do not exist or where deviations to existing procedures occur.
Work is performed with minimal direction. Participates in determining objectives of assignments. Plans, schedules and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives. Work is reviewed upon completion. Problems worked on are of a complex nature.
Work is not supervised and allows considerable latitude. Develops solutions to unusually complex problems, which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation.
Work is geared to directing and guiding others. Assignments are relatively complex and allow independent judgment and decision-making. Provides considerable input in establishing the objectives for their area of responsibility. Work is reviewed in terms of meeting the organizational objectives and schedules.
Work is focused on determining organizational objectives and practices. Completed work is reviewed from a relatively long-range perspective for desired results. Makes final decisions and provides direction for one or more major segments of the total organization.
The hiring range for this remote position is $173,900.00 to $241,700.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. 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.
Salary : $173,900 - $241,700
