Senior Software Engineer

Disney; Celebration (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Experiences (DX) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Disney Signature Experience team. You will contribute across the full stack, with a primary focus on backend architecture, scalable APIs, and distributed services for guests and internal systems.

You will collaborate with product managers, analysts, and architects to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions, while leveraging cloud-native platforms and AI-assisted tooling to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience with production-grade enterprise applications.
• Strong commitment to diversity and inclusion within teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven full-stack expertise with backend in Java/Spring Boot and frontend in React/Angular with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience designing relational databases and working with NoSQL technologies.
• Experience building cloud-native, microservices architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience supporting production systems, including monitoring and incident response.

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 translate complex requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

React

Angular

JavaScript/TypeScript

NoSQL

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

ChatGPT

Job description

Job Posting Title:

Senior Software Engineer

Req ID:

10158890

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.

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