Manager, Software Development

Description

Storytelling is at the core of the company's work.

The company builds entertainment worlds and stories, then brings them to life and to audiences of every age. Its strengths are its content, its experiences and its close ties with fans. It puts creators first, focuses on audiences, uses technology and operates at global scale.

You will join teams that act quickly, think ambitiously and work together toward results. They set high goals, back strong ideas and succeed as a group, while keeping the trust of employees, creators, partners and audiences.

The digital commerce group is hiring a software engineering manager to lead an engineering team that builds next-generation web applications and commerce products. You will work with a cross-functional group to develop, improve and grow the platforms behind the company's e-commerce work, including its Underscored site. The role covers customer-facing products and tools, and you will set a standard of quality, coach engineers and keep improving how the team works.

Responsibilities

• Coach and grow a strong engineering team, encouraging teamwork, new ideas, technical quality, learning and career progress.
• Set the technical direction for scalable, fast web applications used in digital commerce, and oversee their build.
• Connect engineering, product and business teams so decisions rest on data and product delivery runs smoothly.
• Improve engineering workflows, tools and processes to run the team more effectively.
• Introduce and promote Agile practices such as Scrum or Kanban, and support continuous delivery.
• Build monitoring for application health, infrastructure and code performance to keep systems reliable and the user experience strong.
• Bring in modern technologies, refine architecture, and keep code maintainable through reviews and refactoring.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field. A master's degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of software development, including 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• A record of leading teams that built and scaled e-commerce platforms or consumer-facing products.
• Broad hands-on experience with modern web technologies, and deep skill in JavaScript (Node.js, Vue.js), TypeScript, Fastly and Python.
• Working knowledge of AWS services (including Serverless/SAM), containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch and Redis.
• Experience running high-performance, highly available applications in production.
• A proven ability to lead, mentor and motivate engineers toward demanding technical goals.
• Clear communication, able to explain complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A proven ability to work across product, design and business teams.
• Deep familiarity with Agile methods, Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and delivering business value in small, incremental releases.
• Bonus: experience with non-procedural programming or functional-style programming.
• Bonus: experience building e-commerce, affiliate or consumer media applications.
• Bonus: experience mentoring junior engineers, running technical interviews and helping with hiring.

Conditions

Hybrid work model.

Base salary range: $174,200 to $278,700 per year.

Actual pay depends on location, market data, internal equity, skills, experience, training, education and performance, and base pay is one part of total compensation.

This is an open vacancy.

Equal-opportunity statement: the company welcomes applicants with disabilities and can provide accommodations during recruitment on request.

Benefits

• Possible annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.
• Health insurance, a wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, sick time and vacation.