Mgr Software Media Engineering

Job ID 10111101 Location Seattle, Washington, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States / New York, New York, United States / Morrisville, North Carolina, United States Business Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Date posted Jan. 22, 2025

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Job Summary:

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 for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach & 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.

Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels – including streaming, linear, and theatrical – so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business.

The Playback Quality Optimization team is responsible for improving the quality of experience of our users at multiple levels in our playback stack. The team owns and develops a key technology in our media player which is responsible for ABR, error handling, network switching, and other advanced client technologies. In addition, the team collaborates on developing new models and solutions for video quality of experience and quality of service on the server side by contributing to playback selection, cost optimization, and performance. This includes the design, experimentation, testing, and productionalization phases.

Responsibilities will include design and discovery of new projects, executional success, domain ownership, operational expertise, and career and people coaching. This position will manage programs in Rust, Typescript, and Python. In addition, due to the amount of experimentation involved, the ideal candidate should have a working knowledge of data analysis and experimental design.

Responsibilities

Work with a team of engineers building software in a collaborative development process
Become a domain expert and help the team understand product requirements, prioritization, and project sequencing.
Build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting
Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions
Author and provide feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses
Provide mentoring and advice for other engineers
Establish engineering best practices and standards within the team to drive quality and excellence
Contribute to the DSS technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge-sharing efforts

Basic Qualifications

8+ years of technical experience with at least 2 years of technical and engineering leadership experience
Experience delivering applications in a production environment
Experience with Rust, Typescript, or Javascript
Experience with data analysis, ideally with Spark or a similar technology
Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency
Understanding of source control concepts and exposure to Git
Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker
Experience with application monitoring software such as Grafana, Datadog, etc.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent training or work experience

The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $167,700 - $224,900, for New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $175,800 - $235,700, and for San Francisco, CA is $183,700 - $246,400. 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.

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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.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

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.

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