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Senior Manager, Software Development Engineer in Test - The Walt Disney Company
Software Engineer
Lead a high‑performing SDET team to design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and pipelines for large‑scale media applications, leveraging Java/Python, Selenium, CI/CD, and cloud services.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the overall test strategy for Disney Entertainment and ESPN digital products, ensuring high quality and rapid release cycles.
- Build, scale, and maintain automated test frameworks using Java, Python, Selenium, and related tools.
- Drive continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.) to embed testing early in the development lifecycle.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of SDETs, fostering Agile best practices and a culture of quality.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and data science teams to identify critical test scenarios, performance metrics, and reliability goals.
- Utilize cloud platforms (AWS) for test environments, data provisioning, and scalable execution.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in test automation leadership.
- Strong proficiency in Java and/or Python and extensive hands‑on experience with Selenium/WebDriver.
- Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI) and cloud services (AWS, containers).
- Proven track record of building scalable automated frameworks for large, distributed systems.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and Agile team leadership skills.
Skills
test automationseleniumjavapythoncicdaws