Lead Software Engineer
Job Summary:
At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class immersive and digital experiences for the Company’s vacation brands , Disney’s Parks and Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. The Disney Experiences Technology team is 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 the MyDisneyExperience app and Hey , Disney!
We are a group of Disney technologists who love to work on the latest technology to build new features, and improve existing components of Disney’s Online Platform specializing in Ticketing Products for various brands within the Walt Disney Company. Key Products include Tickets, Annual Passes, Special Events, and Park Reservations supporting both Disneyland, and Walt Disney World.
What You’ll Do:
- End to end ownership of backend Java services: ideate, review design, build, code-review, test, load-test, launch, monitor performance.
- Collaborate with other team members (including senior engineers, product owners, TPMs, and other business units) to achieve product and business requirements.
- Develop effective solutions, lead code reviews, hands-on development to lead and drive quality, and maintain application stability.
- Lead code reviews and provide leadership and direction to junior engineers while developing high engineering standards.
- Write complex programs, analyze code changes and suggest improvements.
- Check-in valuable, clean code on a daily basis that adds new features and capabilities.
- Create reference implementations for the purpose of mentoring and leading more junior staff (when required).
- Own the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modifications of software improvements and/or new products used in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs.
- Lead projects that may be used in commercial and end-user applications or focus on software and tools supporting infrastructure and technology platforms.
- Work typically involves large or highly sophisticated software programs and systems.
- Possess an in-depth knowledge of current backend programming language and technologies, with strong skills in writing code and completing programming tasks.
- May perform or lead testing and debugging of applications, identifying innovative solutions.
- Conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software components, fixes, improvements, and/or new systems and applications.
- Interact with users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications.
- Help engage around the estimation and planning of highly complex scalable projects and their budget allocations.
- You will be expected to stay up to date with emerging technologies so you can make informed recommendations.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- A minimum of 7 years related work experience in backend development or software engineering in a large enterprise environment using Java/Docker/Spring Framework.
- Comfortable working in an agile environment
- A leader who motivates teams to excel and fosters creativity, consistently driving excellence in all endeavors
- An advocate for a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages innovation and ensures every team member feels a sense of belonging
- Familiar with [add required technologies here], with a desire to further develop technical expertise in data engineering tools, methodologies, and emerging technologies
- Experience with AWS managed services including ECS, S3, Lambdas, and RDS
- Strong understanding of design patterns, data structures, relational databases, and NoSQL data stores
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced software development environment
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
- Knowledge of code review and testing practices
- Ability to work with diverse teams and stakeholders