Lead Software Engineer

Disney Experiences · Glendale, CA · 1 wk ago

On-siteInformation Technology$156k–$209k/yrFull-time

About the role

At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class immersive and digital experiences for the Company’s vacation brands, including Disney’s Parks and Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. The team is responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation, and Merchandise lines of business, as well as other initiatives like the MyDisneyExperience app and Hey, Disney!

We are a group of Disney technologists who love working with 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.

Responsibilities

End-to-end ownership of backend Java services: ideate, review design, build, code-review, test, load-test, launch, and 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, and perform hands-on development to drive quality and maintain application stability.
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 daily that adds new features and capabilities.
Create reference implementations for mentoring and leading 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.
Possess in-depth knowledge of current backend programming languages and technologies, with strong skills in writing code and completing programming tasks.
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.
Engage in the estimation and planning of highly sophisticated scalable projects and their budget allocations.
Stay up to date with emerging technologies to make informed recommendations.

Requirements

A minimum of 7 years of related work experience in backend development or software engineering in a large enterprise environment using Java, Docker, and Spring Framework.
Comfortable working in an agile environment.
A visionary 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.
Familiarity with required technologies, with a desire to further develop technical expertise in data engineering tools, methodologies, and emerging technologies.
AWS managed service solution design and implementation experience.
Strong experience with AWS-related services such as ECS, S3, Lambdas, and RDS.
Ability to thrive within a fast-paced software application delivery and product launch environment.
Hands-on knowledge of Design Patterns and Data Structures.
Significant experience working with relational databases and NoSQL data stores.
A strong interest in open-source technology.
Good communication skills and enjoyment in mentoring and helping others succeed as a team.

Qualifications

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

Preferred Skills

Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling.
Experience with AI tools such as RAG, Cursor, GitHub MCP, MariaDB MCP.
7+ years of Java experience, Spring Framework.
Experience with AWS Suite (Service Management and Deployments, EC2 and ECS Containers, Elastic Search Caching, S3, Fargate, Lambdas, DynamoDB, MariaDB/MySQL, Kinesis, Developer Tools).
Experience with jUnit Testing (Familiarity with jUnit 5 preferred).
Familiarity with Firebase Test Lab, Sauce Labs Test Cloud.
Experience with GitLab, GitHub, GitHub Co-Pilot, Cursor.

Pay

The hiring range for this position in California is $155,700.00 to $208,700.00 per year. The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.