Principal Software Engineer
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About the Role & Team
“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences Technology & Digital.
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.
Disney Experiences is seeking a principal software engineer who has passion for architecting and implementing well defined technology solutions and providing technical oversight advancing the roadmap of our core commerce platform.
What You Will Do
- ·Define and own the technical roadmap of our products and apps that allows for optimal maintenance of current portfolio and delivery of future capabilities.
- Partner with senior leaders and executives to influence and execute the technology roadmap
- Sets the architectural direction and lead the design/development of application components for major software development projects
- Define API specifications, best practices, and coding guidelines
- Leads the development, programming, testing, and debugging of major software products
- Performs strategic research, develops proofs of concepts as needed and proactively to recommend technically appropriate choices with performance and supportability in mind
- Uses expert knowledge to develop creative solutions to critical issues and complex design problems.
- Interact with users to define system requirements and necessary modifications.
- Exercises considerable judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria to resolve issues.
- Identifies major problems and opportunities, sets directions and champions the development of innovative solutions.
- Leads the triage and resolution of high priority production problems or impairments
- Reviews and writes code, leads programming, testing and debugging of major software development projects.
- Code may either be used in commercial and end-user applications or may focus on software and tools in support of infrastructure and technology platforms.
- Be the go-to guru to guide and mentor less experienced software engineers providing the required technology expertise and oversight
- Recommends processes & technology improvements to improve the effectiveness of the team.
- Accountable for quality, completeness, and timely delivery of an assigned project
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 10+ years of full stack development experience
- ·Substantial working experience with developing highly-scalable architectures, patterns, and technologies, specifically Java, GraphQL, NoSQL, Graph DB, Caching technologies and Event-Driven Architectures.
- ·Substantial experience creating enterprise scale solutions for distributed applications with extensible design patterns that incorporate resiliency and performance.
- Experience with test driven design and test automation frameworks
- Experience with software performance optimizations
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence engineers, peers, and senior stakeholders to consensus decisions
- Proven experience in driving the architecture of complex technical program across large numbers of stakeholders, multi-functional teams, requirements, and implementations
- Experience developing with cloud native architectures and major cloud platforms
- Experience with observability and tooling
- Expert level ability to troubleshoot and triage technical problems
- Experience working on geographically distributed scrum teams
- Well versed in DevSecOps
- Experience with modernization of legacy software applications to new technology stacks
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the e-commerce space and products / pricing / inventory domains
- Experience in travel and hospitality/hotel industries
- Knowledge and training in AI/ML, GenAI and other emerging technologies
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
- Cloud design or development certifications (AWS/GCP)
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About Disney Experiences:
Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.
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 Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.
Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.
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