Global Platform Engineering Leader – Media Tech

The Walt Disney Company; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA is seeking a Sr. Manager of Software Engineering to lead several engineering teams working across Disney's media supply chain.

You will mentor developers, guide architecture decisions, and own delivery across projects, while staying hands-on with key technical issues. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of platform development experience, strong leadership, and proven ability to collaborate with product, design, and operations teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building complex platform applications at scale.
• Experience delivering platform services in cloud environments using open-source technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering teams across multiple projects globally.
• mentor engineers and managers, drive architectural decisions and delivery.
• Manage budgets, vendor contracts and resource planning.
• Collaborate with product, design, QA, and business teams to meet objectives.
• Report on team health and progress; recruit and hire.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud environments

Open-source technologies

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / Engineering

Tools

AWS

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA is seeking a Sr. Manager of Software Engineering to lead several engineering teams working across Disney's media supply chain.

You will mentor developers, guide architecture decisions, and own delivery across projects, while staying hands-on with key technical issues. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of platform development experience, strong leadership, and proven ability to collaborate with product, design, and operations teams.