Manager, Production Software Engineering

About Disney Branded Television

The Disney Branded Television (DBT) group oversees the creation, development, and production of live-action and animation television content through the Disney Television Animation studio for children, teenagers, and families under the Disney brand. This content is distributed across Disney’s portfolio of platforms, including Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and other linear and digital outlets.

DBT develops original series, movies, and specials that align with Disney’s family-friendly brand image and resonate with target audiences. These television properties encompass distribution strategies, marketing initiatives, and brand management across a global footprint.

DBT’s strong use of commercial and custom software technologies is essential to its production operations and workflows. We’re looking for a technically excellent, collaborative engineering leader to join the Disney Branded Television Technology team as a Manager, Production Software Engineering. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and supporting web-based solutions across DBT Productions and Development, working at the intersection of technology and creative production.

The Manager, Production Software Engineering is a technical leadership role that combines hands‑on software engineering with team leadership, coordination, and process ownership. This role functions as the technical lead for a web engineering pod within the broader Software Engineering team.

This person is expected to be proficient in both leadership and hands‑on coding, though the balance may shift significantly in either direction based on team and production needs. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable leading a team through a complex project while balancing personal deliverables, and can flex to extremes of either mode as circumstances require.

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Serve as the go‑to technical expert for web engineering technologies; architect and validate scalable, high‑quality web‑based systems for enterprise deployment
• Design feature strategy and lead execution of major systems and integrations, collaborating with business partners to ensure solutions meet organizational goals
• Demonstrated ability to architect RESTful APIs, service integrations, and data‑driven web applications that serve production workflows

Platform Reliability & Security

• Own the production operation and reliability of web‑based systems and services, including monitoring, incident response, SLO management, and continuous improvement
• Champion secure development practices, including threat modeling, dependency management, and compliance with enterprise security standards
• Ensure platform stability during high‑demand production cycles

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and coordinate a team of web engineers, providing effective feedback, moderating technical discussions, and mentoring engineers in their professional growth
• Drive code quality and technical standards through code reviews, testing enforcement, and adoption of best practices, including governance of AI‑assisted code generation
• Adjust and evolve team processes by listening to feedback, evaluating workflows, and guiding the team through changes that enhance productivity and quality

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Production Technology, Pipeline Engineering, and Studio Operations teams to ensure web‑based systems integrate seamlessly with production workflows and tooling ecosystems
• Communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, translating production needs into engineering solutions

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, electrical engineering or equivalent years of professional work experience
• 8+ years of professional web development experience
• 3+ years of experience leading or managing a software development team
• Experience with backend languages and frameworks such as Python, Flask, Django, PHP, or Node.js
• Experience working with React and JavaScript and other modern frontend frameworks (Vue, Angular, etc.)
• Experience…