Principal Product Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
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This role pays more than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $172,300–$223,450 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $198k for comparable roles.
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The Walt Disney Company is a diversified global entertainment and media enterprise operating in segments including Disney Parks, Experiences and Products; Entertainment (ABC, Hulu, Disney+); and ESPN. Industry: Entertainment & Media
The Walt Disney Company currently has 90 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $150,900–$202,400 across 90 roles with salary data.
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Manager, Product Software Engineering - Frontend will join the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology team to lead the JavaScript-based Disney Media Player engineering team. This role involves providing technical and organizational leadership to deliver high-quality playback experiences across web browsers, connected TVs, and streaming devices. You will own the team roadmap, balancing feature delivery with platform reliability, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices. Key responsibilities include hiring, coaching, and performance management while partnering with Product and Design teams to align strategy. The role requires expertise in high-quality JavaScript, modern web application development, and media playback technologies like MSE/EME, HLS, MPEG-DASH, Transport Stream, and CMAF. You will solve complex problems regarding client-side performance, operability, and application availability for major streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and ABC News.
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