Manager, Product Software Engineering - Frontend

Overview In this role you will lead the JavaScript-based Disney Media Player ecosystem across web and connected devices, shaping a scalable playback platform for Disney+ and partners. You’ll guide architecture, delivery, and operational excellence while partnering with Product, Design, and platform teams to ensure high-quality experiences. You’ll build an inclusive, accountable engineering culture focused on performance and reliability. This opportunity lets you influence streaming experiences at scale and across devices in a fast-evolving media landscape. Compensation / Benefitsbonus and/or long-term incentive unitsmedical benefitsfinancial benefits ResponsibilitiesLead and grow the JavaScript Disney Media Player engineering team through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career developmentOwn execution of the team roadmap, balancing feature delivery, technical investment, platform reliability, and operational excellenceProvide technical leadership for the player stack, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices in partnership with senior engineersPartner with Product, Design, TPM, and platform teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver high-quality customer experiencesFoster a culture of accountability, inclusion, continuous learning, and data-driven decision making to improve playback quality, performance, and reliability across devices Key requirementsBachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience8+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including significant experience leading and managing engineering teams5+ years of hands‑on, production experience with high-quality JavaScript and modern web application developmentExperience building or supporting media playback technologies in web-based or connected-device environmentsExperience leading teams through the full software delivery lifecycle, including development, release, and operational support of consumer-facing applicationsExperience owning application availability, reliability, and performance in production environmentsStrong communication and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to grow, mentor, and develop engineersProven ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams, influence stakeholders, and manage cross-functional dependenciesDemonstrated success building inclusive, high-performing engineering teamscommunicationleadershipinclusionJavaScriptweb application developmentmedia playback technologies