Senior Full-Stack Engineer: DevOps & Web Platform Lead

The Walt Disney Company; Glendale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Lead Product Software Engineer (DevOps/Web Dev) in Glendale, CA, with a second posting in Seattle, WA. You will own guest-facing web apps from frontend to APIs, align brand sites under common standards, and shape AI-assisted development and observability across critical platforms.

You will guide modernization, define technical strategies, mentor senior engineers, and ensure system integrity and reliability for high-traffic Disney experiences.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as software engineer or architect.
• Full-stack web development with React + TypeScript and SSR.
• Strong web architecture knowledge: HTTP, DNS, caching, REST/GraphQL.
• AWS: building distributed services and edge delivery with CloudFront.
• Led legacy migrations and standardization efforts to completion.
• Influence technical decisions beyond own team and communicate tradeoffs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Full-Stack Engineering: Build and own guest-facing web apps end to end.
• Technical Strategy and Planning: Define and execute long-term tech strategy across brands.
• Architecture and Standards: Drive paved-path patterns and cross-brand standards.
• Modernization and Migration: Lead migrations of legacy stacks to current platforms.
• Developer Experience: Improve tooling, debugging interfaces, deployment models.
• AI-Assisted Engineering: Establish and enforce AI-assisted development standards.
• Collaboration and Mentorship: Provide guidance and conduct design reviews with senior engineers.
• System Integrity: Ensure performance, scalability, and resiliency of cloud services.
• Compliance and Risk Management: Manage technical risks for critical site projects.

Skills

React + TypeScript

SSR

Web architecture

Cloud AWS

Observability

Technical influence

Tools

Varnish

HAProxy

CloudFront

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Lead Product Software Engineer (DevOps/Web Dev) in Glendale, CA, with a second posting in Seattle, WA. You will own guest-facing web apps from frontend to APIs, align brand sites under common standards, and shape AI-assisted development and observability across critical platforms.

You will guide modernization, define technical strategies, mentor senior engineers, and ensure system integrity and reliability for high-traffic Disney experiences.