About the Role & Team
"We Power the Magic!" That's our motto at Disney Experiences Technology & Digital. Our team builds world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company's outstanding 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 and 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 is a part of the Retail & Restaurant Commerce Technology organization within Disney Experiences Technology & Digital. It works closely with a diverse team of engineers and service owners from across the company.
The Lead Software Engineer will report to the Mgr-Technology.
What You Will Do
Own and lead large development projects and teams where a project comprises multiple components; leads all aspects of project teams as required, including 3rd party resources
Apply practical knowledge of development and engineering to conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software fixes, enhancements, components, and/or new software systems and applications of moderate complexity
Design and develop highly scalable software systems and applications in designated functional focus areas
Implement assigned component level software development and fixes using new or existing technologies
Participate in developing specifications for assigned components, projects or fixes
Write code, complete programming, write tests, perform testing and debug code
Follow established protocols for installation and maintenance, and complete documentation
Develop, manage, build, and maintain the technical components related to server side and web service based solutions
Interact and coordinate deliverables with other technical groups in the organization.
Participate in conceiving and setting the architectural direction for the mobile and web components
Own the lifecycle of core application, services and participate in the sustainability cadences
Serve as a high-level technical resource and "go-to" person for junior developers, providing technical mentorship and oversight
Leads team members in problem analysis and issue resolution
Recommends improvements to processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the efficiency of the team
Act as a liaison between design, product, development, QA, and sustainment
Required Qualifications & Skills
7+ years of experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable software systems and components for mobile and web applications
2-4 years of project lead experience
Extensive experience with Android development with Java and Kotlin
Experience is SDLC, backlog management and tracking, and DORA metrics implementation
Experience Agile methodologies and using tools such as Jira to track and perform ceremonies
5+ years of object-oriented analysis, design and development experience
Strong understanding of Android OS, Android SDK, and hardware integration and configuration
Experience with local storage RDBMS, NoSQL and Android internal persistence stack
Extensive experience using Git, GitLab, GitHub, Harness for CI/CD
Expertise in HTTP and REST-style web services, and best practices for Mobile App integration
Sound Computer Science Fundamentals
Preferred Qualifications
Design and development of mobile and web applications in Flutter and levering tools for cross mobile platform development
Experience designing APIs from scratch as well as crafting APIs that extend existing frameworks while maintaining established patterns and architecture
Experience in Cloud solutions and development practices
Expertise in Splunk and application monitoring tools such as AppDynamics/New Relic/Datadog
Experience with analytics and/or crash reporting tools (NewRelic, Crashlytics, etc)
Understanding of modern SRE best practices, ITIL, and Service Now
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
