Sr Full Stack Software Engineer
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Job Summary:
This is not a remote role - you must be in the area or be open to relocation
Senior Software Engineer, Payments and Accounting
“It takes people to make the dream a reality.” Walt was on to something when he said that, and it continues to ring true today. No matter where you are in the stage of your career, being part of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (DPEP) means being a part of a team where you help bring innovation to life through unsurpassed products, services and most importantly remarkable experiences. As a Cast Member, you are the steward and connection to our legacy and the backbone of our thriving innovations. Join our team and watch your dreams come true.
As a Senior Software Engineer with experience in full-stack software engineering and a strong commitment to excellence, you will contribute hands-on within the Payments and Accounting Technology team responsible for advancing the payments and accounting ecosystem to support the ever-expanding business needs of Parks Commercial Platforms. Our team owns and operates 30+ production backend and frontend services powering payment processing, fraud detection, gift card management, and card issuance across Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Store, and other Disney properties.
We seek forward-thinking full-stack engineers who are passionate about delivering quality products at scale, embrace AI-assisted development practices, and enjoy working closely with business partners on both strategic and tactical challenges. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working across backend services (Java/Spring) and frontend applications (Angular/Node.js), be proficient in leveraging AI tools to accelerate development workflows, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where production incident response and delivery excellence are equally important. The Senior Software Engineer reports to the Senior Manager-Technology.
As a part of our team, you will work towards achieving the objectives outlined below:
- Actively participating in the successful implementation of solutions for complex technical problems across the full stack from backend Java microservices to Angular UI applications and Node.js API layers
- Contributing to the development and maintenance of payment processing frameworks, containerized execution environments, build systems, and shared libraries used across multiple products
- Applying AI-assisted development practices including AI-assisted code review, automated testing, secure prompt engineering, and identifying opportunities to apply AI/ML in fraud detection and payment optimization
- Providing input on future initiatives with stakeholders and fellow engineers, including technical debt prioritization, platform modernization, and capital planning considerations
- Contributing to project architecture and effectively communicating technical decisions
- Contributing to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure project progress, system reliability, and engineering productivity
- Collaborating with engineers to ensure clean, thread-safe, well-tested code
- Improving engineering productivity through innovation and automation
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain full-stack payment applications spanning Java 21/Spring backend microservices, Angular 18 frontend applications, and Node.js 20 API layers
- Build and maintain containerized services using Docker, deploying to AWS
- Support and operate production services for real-time payment transactions
- Develop and maintain Splunk-based monitoring, alerting, and analytics
- Implement and support adherence to PCI-DSS compliance standards
- Participate in production incident response and root cause analysis
- Apply AI-assisted development practices, code review, and test generation
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and pair programming
- Collaborate with external vendor teams and internal stakeholders
- Contribute to technical estimates and risk assessments
- Investigate and resolve performance issues in high-throughput services
- Act as technical resource across backend and frontend applications
Qualifications:
- Must have 5+ years of design and development experience in highly scalable software
- Experience in payment processing, fintech, or financial services technology strongly preferred
- Must have demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools in software development workflows preferred
- Deep understanding of design patterns and modern full-stack application development
- Advanced experience with Java 17+ (Java 21 preferred) including Spring Framework
- Advanced experience with Angular 16+ (Angular 18 preferred) and Node.js 18+ (Node.js 20 preferred)
- Advanced experience with AWS services: Lambda, Dynamica DB, Aurora DB, Q3, ECS, CloudWatch
- Advanced experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Harness)
- Advanced experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs
- Must have proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q)
- Experience with or strong interest in applying AI/ML to payment optimization
- Strong understanding of payment processing concepts, authorization, tokenization, PCI-DSS
- Experience with Splunk or similar log analytics platforms
- Advanced experience in Object-Oriented design principles
- Advanced experience building use case driven software with Agile/Test Driven methodologies
- Experience with database technologies: MySQL, MariaDB, DynamoDB, Redis
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Ability to handle changing business needs
- Ability to performance tune, concurrency hardening
- Ability to contribute to test automation and integration testing
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation
- Ability to contribute to improvement of software development processes
- Ability to proactively reassess business needs
- Ability to apply vision, creativity, and proactive solutions
- Ability to perform programming, testing, and debugging
- Ability to mentor and review the work of less experienced members
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering Field (or equivalent education and experience)