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The Walt Disney Company

Lead Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company, Orlando, Florida, us, 32885


Lead Software Engineer

Job Family: Software Engineer

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.

We are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!

This role sits in the Retail & Restaurant Parks Technology organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with a diverse team of engineers and service owners from across the company.

The Lead Software Engineer will report to the Mgr-Technology.

What You’ll Do:

Owns and lead the design and development of technical specifications, software fixes, enhancements, components, and/or new software systems and applications.

Translate complex functional, technical, and business requirements into architectural designs, participates in setting the architectural direction for software development of Dine and Bookable Experiences projects.

Develop highly scalable software systems and technical solutions that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements and are well-documented, easy to maintain, and highly adaptable to meet changing business and technical needs using key technologies including Java, Cloud Solutions, Relational and NoSQL databases, messaging, orchestrating and AI/ML technologies.

Perform code and design reviews of peers, writes automated test cases, owns and lead end-to-end troubleshooting, review, root-cause analysis and issue resolution.

Active self-starter, recommend improvements to processes, technologies, and coding practices that improve the team's effectiveness

Work effectively with Product Owners, dependent technical teams and leaders to exchange feedback and input to drive team progress.

Strong ability to maintain focus and problem solve in a dynamic, fast-paced environment working with cross-functional teams.

Guide and mentor other team members by providing oversight and direction.

Required Qualifications:

7+ years of related work experience, architecture and development experience in a highly scalable, high-volume software components, and/or client-facing web applications

4 years leading software engineering teams and projects

Experience engaging in technology platforms, supporting complex business engagements and engineering collaborations

Deep understanding of design patterns and modern, highly scalable application development

Deep knowledge and experience of managing, orchestrating, and monitoring distributed production systems

Advanced experience with AWS Lambda ; DynamoDB; Aurora DB, Mongo DB, Kafka topics, etc

Advanced experience with MicroServices, Restful API’s, Cloud computing

Advanced experience with Java 17+, XMLs, Json Messaging, Cloud infrastructures

Advanced experience in Object-Oriented design principles, patterns, and coding best practices

Advanced experience building use case driven software with Agile Software Development and Test-Driven Development methodologies

Advanced experience with database applications, NoSQL

Advanced experience in with inventory optimization approaches

Basic understanding of AI/ML, Generative AI is preferred

Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Ability to be highly flexible to quickly changing business needs and new technologies

Ability to follow existing programming and style guidelines to maintain consistent quality of code

Ability to guide the team in test automation

Ability to create and maintain documentation, procedures, and working instructions for the operations team

Ability to lead improvement of software development processes, protocols and procedures

Ability to apply vision, creativity, and proactive solutions to exceptionally complex issues

Ability to lead programming, testing and debugging of major projects

Ability to conceive and set the direction for major development projects

Ability to lead projects and oversee teams

Ability to work independently, with guidance needed in only the most complex situations

Ability to use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions

Ability to partner with Customer Facing UI or Experience teams to help drive higher Customer Satisfaction scores and/or Mobile application ratings

Ability to train, mentor, and review the work of less experienced members of the team

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in food and beverage, attractions or entertainment industry

Required Education:

Bachelor's or foreign equivalent Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

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Job ID:

10105510

Location:

Bay Lake,Florida

Job Posting Company:

Disney Experiences

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