Senior Software Engineering Manager

As a Senior Engineering Manager within News & Entertainment Engineering, you will lead a multi- disciplinary team of engineers spanning backend platform services, machine learning infrastructure, and shared API development and front-end development. You will be responsible for the technical health, delivery, and culture of engineering teams that collectively power the content distribution, personalisation, and platform services consumed by millions of users across ABC News, ABC Entertainment, Marvel and National Geographic brands.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering leadership and technical strategy. You will partner closely with product management, data science, and senior engineering leadership to define and execute a roadmap that drives reliability, scalability, and innovation across the News & Entertainment engineering stack. You are accountable for the growth and performance of your engineers, the operational excellence of the systems your teams own, and the cross-functional alignment required to deliver high-impact outcomes in a fast- moving, guest-focused environment.

Responsibilities:

• Set a strategic and technical vision across teams 13%.
• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of stateful microservices.
• Lead a team of engineers who design, develop, and maintain our technology to enhance the user experience for News and Entertainment Products.
• Lead the design and timely implementation of critical platform features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Product and Program to identify business requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Mentor, empower and provide career growth opportunities for team members.
• Foster and maintain effective communication channels with your team members, stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Monitor and improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of our infrastructure.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest relevant and ranking technology trends and innovations, and evaluate their potential impact on our domains.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in the software engineering field, with a focus on building highly available architecture, shipping robust code and creating a positive team environment.
• At least 5-7 years of experience in a leadership or management role in technology.
• Demonstrated success in being part of a team in problem-solving, designing and implementing software at scale.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership and external partners.
• Proven leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and empower a team towards achieving business goals.
• Experience with performance tuning and building/maintaining software that is in the critical path.
• Bias towards action, with experience delivering high-quality software solutions on time, at scale and within budget.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with consumer-facing services and high-scale systems.
• Experience working with identity, commerce and/or authorisation systems.
• Understanding of deploying and scaling within a cloud infrastructure.
• Experience working with remote global teams and a flexible schedule to meet in different time zones.
• Experience leading multiple teams.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of related work experience.

Good to Have:

• A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.
• A sense of ownership of the projects delivered by your team and department.
• A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk.
• A keen eye for potential optimisations and enhancements to our services.
• Kindness and pragmatic optimism.
• Your unique view and experience.
• A passion for building diverse and effective teams.