Lead Data Architect & API Engineer for Scalable Integrations

Disney Experiences; Celebration (FL); On-site; USD 151,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Experiences (DX) is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Data Architect to design, build, and govern data contracts and APIs across Disney Cruise Line, parks, resorts, mobile, and reservations platforms.

You will lead integration patterns, data models, and enterprise standards, mentor engineers, and coordinate with Product, Architecture, and Data Governance to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant data exchange.

Qualifications

• Designing and building distributed systems, APIs, and integration services.
• Expertise in data contracts and schema design for distributed systems.
• Experience governing engineering and data standards at scale.
• Comfortable working in an agile environment.
• Strong communication translating technical design to leadership.
• Mentoring engineers on design and patterns.

Responsibilities

• Own analysis, design, programming, debugging of software components across platforms.
• Lead design of APIs, event-driven services, and messaging layers.
• Design and implement data exchange between systems, including payloads.
• Define and enforce engineering standards for data contracts and naming.
• Act as technical authority on data structures and cross-platform decisions.
• Build software with privacy, security, and compliance in mind.
• Promote modular design to reduce duplication and debt.
• Lead testing and debugging of integration services and data pipelines.
• Collaborate with Product and engineering partners to define requirements.
• Assist in estimation and planning of large, scalable projects.
• Maintain canonical data models and data domain maps as living blueprints.
• Mentor engineers and stay updated with AI and data platforms.

Skills

Java

Python

Node.js/TypeScript

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architecture

Data modeling

Communication

Agile

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Kafka

Seaware

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Disney Experiences (DX) is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Data Architect to design, build, and govern data contracts and APIs across Disney Cruise Line, parks, resorts, mobile, and reservations platforms.

You will lead integration patterns, data models, and enterprise standards, mentor engineers, and coordinate with Product, Architecture, and Data Governance to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant data exchange.