Senior Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company; Celebration (FL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a senior full stack software engineer for Disney Experiences in Orlando, FL. You will focus on backend architecture, scalable APIs, distributed services, and data solutions across guest-facing platforms and internal systems.

You will collaborate with product and architecture teams, drive best practices, mentor engineers, and leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while ensuring quality across cloud-native deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience with production-grade enterprise applications.
• Advocate for diverse and inclusive culture.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven experience as a full stack engineer with backend in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and frontend in React/Angular/JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Relational DB design and query optimization; familiarity with NoSQL.
• Experience designing scalable, cloud-native apps with microservices, event-driven architectures, API design, and performance optimization.
• Experience building/ supporting enterprise-scale solutions and production systems (monitoring, incident response, RCA, continuous improvement).
• Experience deploying secure cloud-native apps on AWS/Azure/GCP with containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and secure practices.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted engineering tools to improve delivery, code quality, testing, and productivity.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Splunk, AppDynamics).
• Experience mentoring engineers and working in Agile environments.
• Continuous learner with a passion for emerging tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design discussions and architectural decisions for enterprise applications and services.
• Drive best practices for scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Partner with product, architecture, and business teams to decompose complex requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify technical debt and propose modernization strategies.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
• May lead small projects spanning analysis, design, programming, debugging, and enhancements for local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet apps.
• Perform testing and debugging of applications.
• Code at the component level for large, sophisticated software programs.
• Interact with users to define system requirements and necessary modifications.
• Conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software components and new systems.
• Design scalable software systems and stay current with emerging technologies.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and documentation, validating AI outputs.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

React/Angular

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud-native

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitHub Copilot

Confluence

Jira

Job description

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.

We are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!

This role sits in the Disney Signature Experience organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It supports full stack web and back-end applications — from guest-facing digital platforms to the internal operational systems that run behind them — for the Storyliving by Disney, Adventures by Disney and National Geographic Expeditions (A&E) businesses.

The role reports to the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering.

About The Role & Team

• This is a senior full stack software engineering role with a primary specialization in backend architecture and service development. The engineer will lead design and implementation of scalable APIs, distributed services, integrations, and data solutions while contributing across the full application stack to deliver complete business capabilities. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals, cloud-native development experience, and effective use of AI-assisted engineering tools to improve delivery speed, quality, and innovation.
• They will be responsible for facilitating the translation of functional business requirements into technical specifications for the development teams and work along with Business Analysts, Product Owners, and Project Managers to ensure the delivery of a best-in-class solution for our business stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions for enterprise applications and services.
• Drive engineering best practices related to scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Partner with product, architecture, and business teams to decompose complex business requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify technical debt and propose pragmatic modernization strategies.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
• May lead small projects encompassing analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs
• Responsible for performing testing and debugging of applications
• Code may be used in commercial and end-user applications or focus on software and tools supporting infrastructure and technology platforms
• Code at the component level
• Work typically involves large or highly sophisticated software programs and systems
• Possess a proven understanding of current programming language and technologies, with strong skills in writing code and completing programming tasks
• Interact with users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications
• Conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software components, fixes, improvements, and/or new systems and applications
• Design and develop highly scalable software systems and applications
• You will be expected to stay up to date with emerging technologies
• Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT) to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and documentation, applying sound engineering judgment to review and validate AI-generated output

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of production-grade enterprise applications.
• An advocate for a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages innovation and ensures every team member feels a sense of belonging
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven experience as a full stack software engineer with deep expertise in backend development using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems, combined with working proficiency in modern front-end development using React or Angular and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Expertise with relational database design and query optimization; familiarity with NoSQL technologies.
• Experience designing scalable, resilient, cloud-native applications utilizing microservices, event-driven architectures, API design, distributed systems, and performance optimization principles.
• Experience building and supporting enterprise-scale solutions
• Experience supporting production systems, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.
• Experience developing and deploying secure cloud-native applications using AWS, Azure, or GCP, including containerized workloads, Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD automation, and secure software development practices.
• Demonstrated proficiency leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, or similar) to improve software delivery, code quality, testing, and developer productivity, with the ability to effectively validate, secure, and refine AI-generated outputs.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Splunk, AppDynamics, etc.)
• Experience mentoring engineers through code reviews, design reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.
• Continuous learner with a passion for emerging technologies and engineering practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using AI assisted development tools in large engineering teams
• Understanding of responsible AI principles in enterprise or consumer facing environments
• Experience with Confluence and Jira to document requirements, user stories and technical designs.

Required Education

• Bachelor's or foreign equivalent Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

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The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $135,200 - $181,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.