Senior Engineering Manager, Enterprise Commerce Platforms

The Walt Disney Company; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 163,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Orlando, FL is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead delivery and execution of initiatives advancing core commerce platforms. You will align product strategy, technical direction, and business priorities with cross-functional teams to develop, deliver, and maintain mission-critical applications.

You will build and coach delivery teams, own architectural alignment, and partner with executives to drive the technology roadmap, ensuring scalable, cloud-native solutions

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of hands-on software development experience, preferably building enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering organizations, technology delivery teams, or cross-functional product initiatives.
• Strong foundation with scalable architectures, modern design patterns, and cloud-native applications.
• Experience with distributed commerce platforms; Java, Spring Boot, GraphQL, REST APIs, microservices, Kafka, NoSQL, and cloud.
• Experience designing systems that are resilient, observable, performant, scalable, and support operational excellence.
• Ability to partner with Product Managers, Architects, Engineering Leads, and business stakeholders to define priorities, make decisions, and deliver measurable business value.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams using Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication, able to present to executive leadership.
• Experience with modern SDLC platforms, CI/CD, developer tools, and cloud delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery teams including engineers, architects, and scrum masters.
• Guide planning and execution across engineering and product teams to align with goals and roadmap.
• Own development and delivery of multiple large-scale commerce initiatives.
• Partner with leaders to shape platform strategy and execute the tech roadmap.
• Communicate status, direction, and decisions to senior leaders.
• Oversee analysis, estimation, design, architecture alignment, planning, milestones, quality.
• Plan implementation across deployment, integration, QA, operations, and sustainability.
• Help teams resolve conflicts and stay focused on delivery outcomes.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, stability, innovation, and quality.
• Manage timelines, budgets, forecasts, contracts, and financial commitments.
• Build relationships with stakeholders, vendors, product teams, and customers.
• Support critical incidents and transition/hyper-care activities.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

GraphQL

REST APIs

Microservices

Kafka

NoSQL (MongoDB)

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Leadership

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related field

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Orlando, FL is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead delivery and execution of initiatives advancing core commerce platforms. You will align product strategy, technical direction, and business priorities with cross-functional teams to develop, deliver, and maintain mission-critical applications.

You will build and coach delivery teams, own architectural alignment, and partner with executives to drive the technology roadmap, ensuring scalable, cloud-native solutions