Director Of Software Engineering

Job Description

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 Disney's 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 maximize 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 Streaming, Sports, and Entertainment business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the backend systems, API's and mobile applications that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses.
• Reach and 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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

About The Organization

The Commerce, Growth & Identity (CGI) team is dedicated to three business-critical areas at Disney that will help transform its media business. They create seamless user experiences for consumers who can choose from a wide range of subscription plans, enabling more choice and flexibility. The CGI team is also focused on building innovative and cutting-edge capabilities that will drive subscriptions, engagement, and monetization across Disney's streaming and digital products.

Job Summary

As a Director, Software Engineering you will be responsible for leading a group of engineering managers and their respective engineering squads within the Growth and Commerce Platform organization.

You will be empowered to set technical and architectural direction, and to influence the roadmap for your group and the wider organization - working in partnership with your peers across Product, Project Management and Engineering. You will also be responsible for maintaining a delivery structure and organization structure to deliver against the Growth and Commerce Platform organization's roadmap most effectively.

You will lead and be part of an engaging, dynamic, and inclusive engineering organization, grounded in scrum and agile practices, with strong collaboration between squads, and motivated by a commitment to continuous learning and improvement. You will also help cultivate a culture that is focused on ensuring that guests, consumers, and internal stakeholders have a fantastic experience when interacting with our services and teams.

Responsibilities
• Set direction on the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of stateful microservices and lambdas in a multi-region cloud environment.
• Mentor engineering managers and senior-level individual contributors within your group (and beyond!) to help them improve their technical ability and build their profile within and outside of the organization.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.
• Partner with Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and your leader to structure and grow your group within the Identity Engineering organization.
• Work together with Finance to provide financial forecasts, achieve financial budget commitments, and use data to prove the success of investments.
• Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban by leading regular ceremonies such as stand-up, retrospectives and sprint planning.
• Serves as technical architect and technical decision-maker for the platforms, tools, and services
• Collaborates with senior leaders across DE&E Technology to understand needs and provide solutions, including evangelizing and directing technology and process change across all DE&E Technology.

Role Qualifications
• 12+ years of software engineering of high-scale consumer-facing products in a rapid-release cycle environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study
• History of leading high performing teams with multiple levels of leadership within their organization(s)
• Demonstrated strong leadership experience, ability to drive results with urgency, and collaborative influence using strong written and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience defining and tracking metrics aligned to KPI's and benchmarks to drive process improvement.
• Demonstrated professional success growing a team, mentoring engineers, and near-shore and off-shore vendor management.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapting to shifting priorities and managing multiple simultaneous high-visibility projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including problem solving, decision making, written and oral communications, and ability to work effectively with diverse groups.
• Demonstrated ability to seek out, build, foster, and maintain productive relationships and networks.

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco is $240,200.00 to $322,100.00 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.

About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney's two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the Company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

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

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gkx0jp-3-147-77-173-42 in your application.