Lead Web & DevOps Platform Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Glendale (CA)

On-site

USD 156,000 - 209,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA is seeking a Lead Product Software Engineer (DevOps/Web Dev) to standardize web delivery across Disney’s consumer-facing brands, from the application layer through the edge.

This full-stack role covers React and TypeScript frontends, server-rendered delivery, APIs and identity integrations, plus DNS, CloudFront, and caching strategies to reduce variance and improve reliability at scale.

Qualifications

Minimum of 7 years of software engineering or architecture experience.
Production experience building guest-facing web apps using React with TypeScript and SSR.
Strong web architecture knowledge: HTTP, DNS, caching, REST/GraphQL.
Hands-on AWS experience including edge delivery and caching via CloudFront.
Experience leading migrations or large standardization efforts.

Responsibilities

Build, modernize, and own guest-facing web apps end to end across brands.
Define and execute long-term technical strategy with focus on reliability and observability.
Drive standardization of paved-path architecture across brands.
Lead migrations of legacy stacks with minimal guest-facing impact.
Improve developer experience with tooling and deployment automation.
Define AI-assisted engineering standards including review gates and observability.
Mentor senior engineers and conduct effective design reviews.
Ensure performance, scalability, and resiliency of cloud-based services.