Senior Manager, Software Engineer, Quality Engineering

3 Weeks ago • 10-15 Years • Quality Assurance • $184,300 PA - $270,700 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Software Engineer, Quality Engineering will lead and grow multiple product quality teams, overseeing the delivery and release of Disney's web, mobile, and OTT software products. Responsibilities include managing a mixed team (full-time and contract, remote and hybrid), collaborating with product and engineering managers, driving project planning and implementation, supporting budget and resource planning, and reporting progress. This role requires expertise in test automation (Java, Python, JavaScript), experience with SDLC tools, and strong leadership and communication skills. The successful candidate will contribute to test automation frameworks, resolve complex technical problems, and champion Disney's quality standards.
Must have:
  • 10+ years testing experience (manual & automation)
  • Expertise in Java, Python, or JavaScript
  • Experience leading QA teams
  • Strong communication & collaboration skills
  • Project management expertise
Good to have:
  • Mobile app development & testing experience
  • Cloud platform experience (AWS)
  • Agile methodology experience
  • Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, Kinesis
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes

Job Details

Job Summary:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology (DEE&T), we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

Job Summary:

The Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology (DEE&T) Quality & Insights team is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager who has a true passion for solving problems and growing talent. This software engineering senior manager will help us develop tools and processes that support a large variety of Disney software products on web, mobile, and OTT platforms. We are looking for an engineering leader who is excited to push the envelope and grow with our team.

Our team is motivated by a desire to continuously improve and create efficiencies within the DEE&T organization. We are a fast-paced group that takes extraordinary pride in creating innovative tools, and constantly improving upon them. We do not shy away from tough problems and take delight in solving the hard one's other folks might say are impossible to solve at scale.

Just some of the exciting products we work on include the websites & mobile apps for Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ & ESPN! We work very closely with these brands and teams and strive to be as close to the product as possible as we are also fans ourselves!

As a member of our team, you will strive to accomplish the following goals:

  • Be responsible for building team skills, motivating and leading diverse and global teams
  • Leading the successful management of multiple product quality teams
  • Being responsible for the final delivery and release of products
  • Providing strategic input on future initiatives with stakeholders and other engineers
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of one or more suites of test automation using a structured programming language like Java, Python, or JavaScript, and its associated pre-production execution environments.
  • Contribute to the design & implementation of test automation frameworks with input from senior engineers by checking-in valuable, clean code regularly that adds new features and capabilities
  • Become a member of our Quality Engineering team, driving increasing quality through innovation, automated test creation, Manual testing when required, curiosity and thoughtful debate.
  • Contribute to the successful implementation of solutions for complex technical problems with DE&ET engineering teams, and driving the deployment of Disney backend and guest-facing products at Disney Quality.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

  • Manage a mixed team of full times and contracted engineers working remote and hybrid in multiple locations
  • Collaborate with product and engineering managers on the quality delivery and responsible for releases of supported products
  • Coordination of complex tasks with external teams & stakeholders
  • Drive the planning, design and implementation of both short terms and long-term project
  • Support the budget and resource planning needs
  • Be responsible for reporting project and team progress to both internal and external delivery teams, manage expectations and KPI’s
  • Be able to lead and manage agile teams
  • Providing end-user and developer training on automation tools and frameworks
  • Investigating and resolving any framework, tool or execution of environmental issues affecting our services
  • Becoming a core member of our Quality Engineering team, helping others increase productivity and quality through innovation, and championing the core value of Disney Quality

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in a testing role with a mix of manual and automation duties, including designing and developing manual and automated testing of front end and backend services using a structured programming language.
  • Expertise in one of the following programming languages: Node/JavaScript, Java, Python
  • Experience with system and unit testing frameworks
  • Excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Highly skilled in project manager practices and leading QA teams, mentorship and setting technical directions
  • Excellent collaboration skills and ability to use standard software development lifecycle (SDLC) tools such as Jira and Confluence, version control systems (e.g. Git), and CI/CD tools and pipelines.
  • Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver project tasks on time.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills. Highly motivated, self-starting individual

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience leading teams of engineers and managers
  • Experience in mobile application development and testing
  • Experience with developing applications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS)
  • Experience working with Agile methodologies
  • Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals
  • Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, and Kinesis 
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems
  • Experience writing Gherkin Syntax to facilitate the development of automated test scenarios
  • Experience developing advanced mocking mechanisms (e.g., rule-based proxies and dummy-services)
  • Experience with test suite/case/run management tools (e.g., JIRA Xray, etc.)

The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $184,300 to $247,100 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $201,900 to $270,700 per year and New York City and Seattle, WA is $193,100 to $258,900 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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