Lead Software Engineer, Real-Time Data & Edge Cloud

The Walt Disney Company; Bay Lake (FL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company’s Disney Experiences (DXT) Technology & Digital team in Orlando seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own multi-system outcomes and set technical direction.

You will design, build, and operate real-time, event-driven systems ingesting data from edge devices, develop backend services in Java, and architect scalable AWS-based platforms. Occasional travel of 10–15% is expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in distributed, production systems.
• 3+ years of cross-team technical leadership with end-to-end ownership.
• Experience with real-time streaming data pipelines and event-driven architectures.
• Expert level Java and strong AWS experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate real-time, event-driven systems that ingest data from edge devices.
• Develop backend services and streaming pipelines using Java and streaming tools.
• Architect and operate production systems on AWS with a focus on scalability and observability.
• Lead end-to-end delivery for multiple systems across teams.

Skills

Java

AWS

Real-time data streaming

Distributed systems

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Kinesis

MQTT

ECS/EKS

DynamoDB

S3

CloudWatch

Job description

The Walt Disney Company’s Disney Experiences (DXT) Technology & Digital team in Orlando seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own multi-system outcomes and set technical direction.

You will design, build, and operate real-time, event-driven systems ingesting data from edge devices, develop backend services in Java, and architect scalable AWS-based platforms. Occasional travel of 10–15% is expected.