Manager, Product Software Engineer

Lead engineering delivery for Disney’s customer-facing self-service advertising platform, with ownership of both the web experience and the backend services that power campaign operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide software engineering leadership for the customer-facing self-service experience, including campaign creation, audience targeting, creative setup, budgeting, and optimization workflows.
• Provide software engineering leadership for the platform and integration services behind Campaign Manager, including ad serving and delivery integrations, external APIs, reporting and measurement pipelines, and supporting infrastructure.
• Own the performance and outcomes of a single team of software engineers.
• Make decisions and lead during high-pressure, time-sensitive situations, based on resource availability and functional objectives.
• Enable communication and collaboration between engineering and product, design, marketing, QA, and business partners.
• Apply expert technical analysis to complex engineering challenges; stay current on industry innovations and introduce new perspectives on existing solutions.
• Partner with project management to manage team timelines and resourcing.
• Mentor and grow the careers of managers and senior engineers.
• Support software design through reviews and the approval of architecture and development plans for new and complex products and features.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building complex platform applications at scale (or other relevant experience).
• Demonstrated passion for leadership and relationship building across cross-functional teams.
• Hands-on full stack development experience, including modern front-end work with React, TypeScript, and Next.js, plus Java or Node backend systems.
• Experience designing and operating REST APIs within a microservices architecture.
• Experience with both relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL data stores, plus caching layers such as Redis for performance.
• Experience delivering platform services on AWS using open-source technologies.
• Experience building and operating customer-facing applications at scale with strong performance, reliability, and observability instincts.
• Ability to set technical best practices and shape the team’s operational processes.
• Practical, personable approach with strong communication and writing skills.
• Good understanding of agile software development methodologies.
• Experience delivering multiple concurrent projects with high technical complexity.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of experience leading teams of software engineers building complex applications at scale.
• Industry experience building customer-facing SaaS or self-service web applications.
• Experience in advertising technology, campaign management, or ad-serving/programmatic ecosystems.
• Experience with reporting, measurement, and data visualization for end users.
• Strong depth in both front-end and backend architecture design to guide full-stack technical decisions.
• Familiarity with server-side rendering and front-end performance optimization (e.g., Next.js) for high-traffic customer-facing applications.

Technologies

• React
• TypeScript
• Next.js
• Java
• Node
• REST APIs
• Microservices architecture
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• NoSQL
• Redis
• AWS

Location

• Glendale, CA (onsite)

Compensation

• USD 174,100 - 233,500 per year

Minimum Experience

• 8 years

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field