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Lead Software Engineer

Job Family: Software Engineer

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.

We are 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 MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!

This role sits in the Retail & Restaurant Parks Technology organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with a diverse team of engineers and service owners from across the company.

The Lead Software Engineer will report to the Mgr-Technology.

What You’ll Do:

• Owns and lead the design and development of technical specifications, software fixes, enhancements, components, and/or new software systems and applications.

• Translate complex functional, technical, and business requirements into architectural designs, participates in setting the architectural direction for software development of Dine and Bookable Experiences projects.

• Develop highly scalable software systems and technical solutions that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements and are well-documented, easy to maintain, and highly adaptable to meet changing business and technical needs using key technologies including Java, Cloud Solutions, Relational and NoSQL databases, messaging, orchestrating and AI/ML technologies.

• Perform code and design reviews of peers, writes automated test cases, owns and lead end-to-end troubleshooting, review, root-cause analysis and issue resolution.

• Active self-starter, recommend improvements to processes, technologies, and coding practices that improve the team's effectiveness

• Work effectively with Product Owners, dependent technical teams and leaders to exchange feedback and input to drive team progress.

• Strong ability to maintain focus and problem solve in a dynamic, fast-paced environment working with cross-functional teams.

• Guide and mentor other team members by providing oversight and direction.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of related work experience, architecture and development experience in a highly scalable, high-volume software components, and/or client-facing web applications

• 4 years leading software engineering teams and projects

• Experience engaging in technology platforms, supporting complex business engagements and engineering collaborations

• Deep understanding of design patterns and modern, highly scalable application development

• Deep knowledge and experience of managing, orchestrating, and monitoring distributed production systems

• Advanced experience with AWS Lambda ; DynamoDB; Aurora DB, Mongo DB, Kafka topics, etc

• Advanced experience with MicroServices, Restful API’s, Cloud computing

• Advanced experience with Java 17+, XMLs, Json Messaging, Cloud infrastructures

• Advanced experience in Object-Oriented design principles, patterns, and coding best practices

• Advanced experience building use case driven software with Agile Software Development and Test-Driven Development methodologies

• Advanced experience with database applications, NoSQL

• Advanced experience in with inventory optimization approaches

• Basic understanding of AI/ML, Generative AI is preferred

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Ability to be highly flexible to quickly changing business needs and new technologies

• Ability to follow existing programming and style guidelines to maintain consistent quality of code

• Ability to guide the team in test automation

• Ability to create and maintain documentation, procedures, and working instructions for the operations team

• Ability to lead improvement of software development processes, protocols and procedures

• Ability to apply vision, creativity, and proactive solutions to exceptionally complex issues

• Ability to lead programming, testing and debugging of major projects

• Ability to conceive and set the direction for major development projects

• Ability to lead projects and oversee teams

• Ability to work independently, with guidance needed in only the most complex situations

• Ability to use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions

• Ability to partner with Customer Facing UI or Experience teams to help drive higher Customer Satisfaction scores and/or Mobile application ratings

• Ability to train, mentor, and review the work of less experienced members of the team

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in food and beverage, attractions or entertainment industry

Required Education:

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

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Job ID: 10105510

Location: Bay Lake,Florida

Job Posting Company: Disney Experiences

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