Senior Manager Software Engineering

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.

• Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans’ connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, ABC, ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager with a strong software engineering foundation to lead a software engineering team building and supporting ML‑assisted content inspection pipelines within our Content Platform Engineering organization. Our team develops and operates distributed systems and services that power Disney’s media supply chain, enabling reliable content delivery for iconic brands including Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, ABC, Marvel, and Star Wars.

In this role, you will provide technical and people leadership for engineers designing, implementing, and operating production systems that integrate LLMs and computer vision techniques to automate content inspection, validation, and enrichment. Drawing on your background as a software engineer, you will remain closely involved in system design and architectural decisions, ensuring strong software engineering fundamentals such as scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

As a senior engineering leader, you will contribute to technical strategy and architectural alignment across related teams, foster strong communication and leadership development within your team, and ensure engineering work is aligned with product and organizational goals.

• Lead Software Engineering Efforts: Provide technical leadership for designing, implementing, and operating scalable distributed systems.
• Manage and Develop Engineers: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, setting clear expectations for technical ownership, delivery, and career growth.
• Own Delivery and Execution: Plan and deliver content initiatives by partnering with product stakeholders, managing scope and priorities, and ensuring high‑quality measurable outcomes.
• Drive Technical Collaboration and Alignment: Collaborate with adjacent engineering, ML, and platform teams to ensure consistent technical approaches, clear system boundaries, and effective integration of shared services.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years relevant…