Director, Product Software Engineering

5131 Hulu Enterprises, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 239,700 - 321,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Financial benefits

Bonus potential

Job summary

5131 Hulu Enterprises, LLC in New York City is looking for a Director of Software Engineering to guide mobile and web product teams. You will be accountable for building world-class applications, facilitating architectural decisions, and ensuring project delivery meets business objectives.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in mobile development, proven leadership skills, and a strong ability to manage projects through completion. The position offers a salary range of $239,700-$321,400 per year, inclusive of benefits and bonuses.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in engineering and consumer-scale applications.
• 4+ years leading engineering managers.
• Experience with platform services like SDKs and CI/CD systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple teams accountable for performance.
• Drive vision and strategy for systems across mobile and core services.
• Facilitate architectural decisions collaboratively with Principal engineers.

Skills

Mobile development expertise

Web platforms knowledge

Leadership skills

Project management

Collaboration and communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

Director Software Engineering

Req ID: 10154652

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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.

We are looking for a Director of Product Software Engineering who will lead our mobile foundation and core services teams. The mobile foundation teams are responsible for the foundational components, libraries, and frameworks that power our Disney+ and Hulu mobile applications. The core services teams own the foundational web platform powering Disney+ and Hulu, including remote configuration and feature flagging, edge traffic management (nginx, Akamai), and the CI/CD and developer‑experience tooling consumed by the web product team. Across both pillars, this leader is accountable for the platform investments that determine how quickly web and mobile teams can ship safely to millions of consumers.

Responsibilities

• Direct and oversee multiple teams through managers: accountable for performance, operations, and outcomes. Ensure growth at every level and cultivate a future bench of leaders.
• Drive vision and strategy for systems/products across mobile foundation and core services. Own org‑level OKR(s).
• Facilitate architectural decisions in collaboration with Principal engineers.
• Own significant cross‑functional initiatives end‑to‑end: driving priorities through organizational dependencies, removing systemic bottlenecks, and ensuring nothing stalls waiting for someone else to act.
• Set technical direction across both mobile foundation (iOS/Android) and core services (edge, config), ensuring shared platform investments such as observability, release safety, and developer tooling are prioritized coherently across stacks.
• Build and maintain relationships across organizations and external partners, influencing business direction and ensuring engineering teams have the resources needed to deliver.
• Shape and operationalize engineering strategy: establishing performance standards, developing organizational policies, and embedding a culture of ownership across teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of engineering experience building consumer‑scale applications, with deep expertise in either native mobile development (Swift, Kotlin, Apple/Android frameworks) or modern web platforms (TypeScript/Node.js, tooling, edge/CDN systems) and demonstrated fluency partnering with leaders in the other. Expertise in both is preferred.
• 4+ years of experience leading engineering managers and building high‑performing organizations across multiple teams.
• Experience owning platform services that other engineering teams depend on such as SDKs, component libraries, configuration, CI/CD systems, or developer portals.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders across Product, Design, and business leadership to define and drive a roadmap that balances business objectives with long‑term engineering health.
• Effective collaboration and communication skills, able to discuss technical topics clearly and engage in productive technical discussions.
• Track record of identifying and removing systemic organizational bottlenecks and championing engineering standards and best practices across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to own and drive alliance‑level OKRs, holding teams and stakeholders accountable for outcomes.
• Experience developing and implementing operational policies and engineering performance standards at an organizational scale.
• High emotional intelligence, experience maintaining composure under high‑pressure situations and meeting tight deadlines.
• Strong project management skills, seeing projects through from inception to completion.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree or better in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent job experience.

Compensation and Benefits

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $239,700‑$321,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and 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 other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment: Product Engineering – Product Software Engineering. Employment Type: Full time. Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: New York, NY, USA. Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: USA – WA – 925 4th Ave. Date Posted: 2026‑06‑30.

#disneytech