Manager, Software Engineering

$180,200 - $241,600/Yr

Hulu - New York, NY

Full-time - Manager

New York, NY

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

About the position

The Manager of Software Engineering at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology will lead a team responsible for developing and managing systems that publish data to Hulu's internal and edge-facing services. This role focuses on building large-scale services that enhance the user experience across various devices, including smart TVs and mobile platforms. The position emphasizes collaboration with product management and engineering teams to drive project implementation and ensure best practices in software development.

Responsibilities

• Guide an engineering team in its ownership of systems and processes
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to establish priorities
• Champion cross-team projects
• Collaborate efficiently with product management, technical program management, operations, and other engineering teams to capture requirements, drive implementation, and provide transparency
• Provide priority and roadmap guidance to engineers and project managers through regular sprint planning and daily check-ins
• Provide input for stakeholders and decision makers in architecture, roadmap, and product
• Communicate architecture, roadmap, and product objectives to engineers and gather feedback for stakeholders
• Coach and mentor other specialists on the team to ensure that all software utilizes Hulu and industry best practices for data persistence
• Work with individual engineers to map out career growth and goals
• Create an environment of trust for people to be themselves and able to excel

Requirements

• Strong discipline to delegate work and focus on solving management problems
• Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills
• A broad perspective on problem-solving
• An ability to drive complex and high-profile projects without overextending personal health or well-being of your team
• Strong programming skills in an object-oriented language, and a strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.)
• An ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• 8 years of experience in software engineering with a significant portion as a programmer and/or technical leader
• 5+ years of related experience crafting large-scale, highly available Java services utilizing various database and messaging technologies
• 3 years of experience as a manager of software engineers
• Experience deploying and scaling within a cloud infrastructure
• Experience directly managing and mentoring a team
• Experience using source control systems and CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package