Summary
Jonathan Frawley is an Engineering Manager with 15 years of experience building high-throughput, production-grade services in Scala and Python, currently leading the Subscription team at Disney Streaming. He blends hands-on engineering and team leadership from roles spanning lead engineer to research software engineer, with proven experience operating systems that handle billions of monthly requests. Part-time PhD researcher in explainable machine learning, he brings a research-driven approach to practical problems—bridging rigorous ML interpretability work with large-scale subscription and backend systems. Jonathan’s background includes fintech regulatory systems, game-server architecture, and performance-focused tooling, reflecting a strong bias for observability, automation and reliability. Based in England, he pairs academic depth from Durham and Trinity College Dublin with a track record of shipping resilient services in both startup and enterprise settings.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology), Master’s Degree Computer Science (Interactive Entertainment Technology) at Trinity College Dublin
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Durham University
French