Manager, Software Engineering – BI & Analytics at The Walt Disney Company | United States | Rezi

Manager, Software Engineering – BI & Analytics at The Walt Disney Company

Manager, Software Engineering – BI & Analytics

The Walt Disney Company · United States

1 months ago

Manager, Software Engineering – BI & Analytics

The Walt Disney Company · United States

a month ago
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About the Role

We are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering focused on BI & Analytics to lead a multidisciplinary team in building and maintaining data pipelines, AI-powered data solutions, and custom analytics UIs. You will manage both frontend and backend engineering, ensuring reliability, scalability, and high-quality UI/UX design for Disney’s Ad Platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Instill a culture grounded in engineering best practices such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement
  • Manage, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing software and data engineers
  • Coordinate with Product Management to align engineering roadmaps with product initiatives
  • Partner with Program Managers to drive planning, prioritization, and delivery of cross-functional efforts
  • Collaborate with QA leadership to build data quality processes and end-to-end validation
  • Set engineering roadmaps, delivery timelines, and platform-level initiatives
  • Drive adoption of best-in-class tools for data governance, lineage, observability, and cost optimization
  • Provide technical guidance and career development for the team
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to define data strategy and long-term architecture vision
  • Manage capacity planning, resource allocation, and performance reviews
  • Lead vendor/tool evaluations and oversee key integration efforts
  • Partner with BI and analytics leads to ensure consistent, reliable data delivery
  • Spearhead the implementation of custom dashboards and analytics UIs using modern web frameworks
  • Rapidly prototype UI components tailored to stakeholder requirements
  • Drive the integration of AI/ML solutions into backend pipelines and analytics products

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant software engineering, data engineering, or data science experience
  • Experience delivering products in an agile software development environment
  • Strong SQL experience including writing and optimizing complex queries against distributed data stores
  • Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools
  • Expert level knowledge in at least one programming language such as Python, R, Scala, or Java
  • Demonstrated experience with business intelligence tools
  • Strong experience building and deploying dashboards and UIs with modern frameworks
  • Demonstrated ability to quickly prototype and implement custom UI components
  • Familiarity with AI-powered solution development and machine learning integration
  • Strong software development life cycle (SDLC) management experience
  • Experience working with large datasets (Terabytes or more)
  • Strong presentation and documentation skills

Skills

  • Scala
  • Python
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • Apache Spark
  • Flink
  • Airflow
  • Databricks
  • Hive
  • Presto
  • Snowflake
  • AWS (S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda)
  • React
  • Angular
  • Vue
  • MicroStrategy
  • Tableau
  • Business Objects
  • Looker
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Power Point
  • Lucid Chart

Location

  • Glendale, CA, USA
  • San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Seattle, WA, USA

Work Type

  • Full time

Experience Level

  • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience

Education Level

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field, or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

  • Los Angeles, CA: $171,600 – $230,100
  • Seattle, WA: $179,700 - $241,000
  • San Francisco, CA: $187,900 - $252,000

Benefits

  • Bonus and/or long-term incentive units
  • Medical benefits
  • Financial benefits

About the Company

  • Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization building the technological backbone for Disney’s media business.
  • The company focuses on marrying technology with creativity to build world-class products and enhance storytelling.
  • Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney’s industry-leading ad technology and products.