Sr. Application Engineer

Job ID 10090865 Location Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Oct. 22, 2024

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Job Summary:

DDSI Senior Application Engineer

The Disney Decision Science and Integration (DDSI) team is responsible for supporting clients across The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) including Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (DPEP), Disney Entertainment (e.g., ABC, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Theatrical, etc.), ESPN (ESPN Networks, ESPN+), and Corporate Finance. DDSI leverages technology, data analytics, optimization, and statistical modeling to build innovative tools that shape business decisions and drive business value.

Senior Application Engineers on the DDSI team are hands-on developers and innovators that enjoy working in a cutting-edge environment. They design, build, and ship strategic software platforms and applications that enable internal business decision-makers to view and manage data related to decision science workflows. These applications range from web-based end-user experiences to RESTful APIs and orchestrated data services.

In this role, as a Senior Application Engineer, you will be part of a team developing a web-based analytic platform for Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. You will design, build, and ship new functionality for a new platform. This role requires technical expertise, creative thinking, a sense of urgency, attention to detail, a platform mindset, and a collaborative work ethic.

Your Role:

Design, build, and ship new features of a cutting-edge software platform that serves strategic internal business decision-makers for Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (DPEP)
Innovate by researching and championing new ways to solve complex software problems
Lead, mentor, and assist other Application Engineers
Collaborate with Product Managers on application requirements, priorities, estimates, and project plans
Collaborate with Data Scientists to understand science model inputs & outputs and represent them in user-friendly applications
Collaborate with Data Engineers on data storage, retrieval, and archiving routines
Collaborate with DevOps to architect application environments, security, and continuous integration
Draft and propose creative user experiences through workflows, wireframes, and mockups that meet business requirements
Support a global and enterprise-wide mission by evangelizing best practices in the field of software development within DDSI and other Disney technology teams

What We’re Looking For:

Proven experience designing full-stack web platforms on cloud infrastructure (AWS) including front-end, back-end, data persistence, data security, caching, scalability, APIs, and monitoring
Demonstrated ability to design and build applications that address complex data problems with user-friendly solutions
Demonstrated ability to lead technical project assignments from start to finish, meet deadlines, manage priorities, anticipate problems, adapt to changing requirements, and resolve technical issues
Ability to work with other team members to review technical project plans and estimate task effort
Ability to communicate, collaborate and compromise with other team members and leaders

Ability to test new features, identify possible issues, and provide solutions to complex problems.

Required Experience:

5+ years of experience in software development with expertise in at least one language
3+ years of experience with Python
3+ years of front-end experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Experience with Django or similar Python web frameworks
Experience with React or similar front-end JavaScript libraries or frameworks
Experience building application pages and services that process large and complex volumes of data with various databases and data warehouses such as PostgreSQL and Snowflake
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Data Mining, Mathematics or equivalent

How To Stand Out:

Proficient in AWS web application architecture
Proficient in React, Python, and/or Django
Experience building applications in a decision science environment
Experience with Next.js
Experience with GitLab CI/CD
Experience with Snowflake
Experience leading UI/UX design
Proficient in optimizing front-end and back-end applications for large and complex datasets
Experience developing user scenarios, business requirements, mockups, and technical specifications
Experience evaluating, choosing, and rolling out team software tools and component libraries

Master's degree in a technical field or equivalent

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About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

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