Lead Software Engineer

Disney Experiences; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Benefits

Financial Benefits

Bonus

Long-Term Incentive Units

Job summary

Disney Experiences in Orlando leads the architecture, development, and delivery of secure, scalable software and APIs supporting Disney resort arrival and check-in experiences. You own production reliability and incident response while guiding engineering quality, AI adoption, and cross-functional collaboration across technology, product, and resort operations teams.

Applicants should have 7+ years building large-scale software and leading engineering work, with hands-on expertise in Java 21,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building large-scale software and web applications and leading engineering work.
• Hands-on architecture experience with Java 21, Spring, microservices, and modern web stacks.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and Agile/testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, development, and delivery of secure, scalable software and APIs.
• Own production reliability and incident response while guiding engineering quality, AI adoption, and collaboration across technology, product, and resort operations teams.

Skills

Java 21

Spring

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Node.js

Angular

AWS

DynamoDB

Aurora

MySQL

Kafka

Docker

CI/CD

Distributed Systems

Solution Architecture

AI-Assisted Development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Lead the architecture, development, and delivery of secure, scalable software and APIs supporting Disney resort arrival and check-in experiences. Own production reliability and incident response while guiding engineering quality, AI adoption, and collaboration across technology, product, and resort operations teams.

Requirements: Requires 7+ years of experience building large-scale software and web applications, leading engineering work, and hands-on expertise in architecture, Java 21, Spring, microservices, Node.js, Angular, AWS, databases, messaging, and production operations. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required, along with strong leadership, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and Agile and testing practices.

Key Skills: Java 21, Spring, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Node.js, Angular, AWS, DynamoDB, Aurora, MySQL, Kafka, Docker, CI/CD, Distributed Systems Operations, Solution Architecture, AI-Assisted Development

Benefits: Medical Benefits, Financial Benefits, Bonus, Long-Term Incentive Units