Phil Dornfeld
Senior Manager, Engineering, Immersive Production Technology at The Walt Disney Studios
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolPhil Dornfeld is a Senior Manager of Engineering specializing in immersive production technology, blending 11 years of hands-on software experience with a prior 15-year career directing and producing films. He architects full-stack solutions—React/GraphQL frontends, Node.js and Java backends, AWS Lambda workflows—and has built content pipelines and anti-piracy tooling for Disney’s streaming and publishing platforms. As a fast learner who transitioned from Hollywood to software, he thrives in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments and has led engineering teams delivering Webby-nominated and enterprise CMS products. His background in filmmaking gives him a rare combination of product intuition for media workflows and technical depth in video, QC, and content ingest systems. Based in Los Angeles, he’s also a licensed private pilot and entrepreneur who brings creativity and practical problem-solving from outside tech into engineering leadership.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Los Angeles Valley CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.) Radio / Television / Film, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Radio / Television / Film at Northwestern UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at MakerSquare
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Github Skills (21)
codemirror6
nodejs6
dictionary6
angularjs6
jquery6
forloop6
canvas6
socket-io6
post6
webapp4
tailwindcss3
nextjs3
django-framework2
django2
python2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Glamorous-Gerbils/NomNow
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:52 PRs, 78 pushes, 62 branches in 12 days
phillydorn/CAProject
Oct 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:69 pushes, 2 branches, 5 comments in 11 months
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