Lead Software Engineer

Walt Disney-posted 3 days ago

Celebration, FL

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

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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 Cruise Line HR Crew Systems organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with Disney Cruise Line Crew Applications and HR business from across the company. The Lead Software Engineer will report to the Manager Software Engineer.

Own the analysis, design, program, debugging, and modifications of software improvements and/or new products used in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs
Lead projects that may be used in commercial and end-user applications or focus on software and tools supporting infrastructure and technology platforms
Facilitates decision making by engaging the appropriate resources and driving to closure
Collaborates with other tech leads on best practices, integration requirements to ensure
Collaborates with Business Analyst, Product Managers, and Project Managers to develop business cases, in particular ensuring benefits align to strategic and tactical business objectives
Provides advice and recommendations on emerging trends which will be useful to both the business and internal IT resources in the delivery of the projects
Proactively raise concerns to management when a technical blocker puts the project at risk
Takes a lead role in developing best in class practices and processes for the organization
Mentors team members on software development best practices and standards
Recommends improvements to processes and technology that improve the effectiveness of the team
Develops and drives the strategic technology roadmap
Work typically involves large or highly sophisticated software programs and systems
Possess an in-depth knowledge of current programming language and technologies, with strong skills in writing code and completing programming tasks
May perform or lead testing and debugging of applications, identifying innovative solutions
Conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software components, fixes, improvements, and/or new systems and applications
Interact with users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications
Works with the business analyst and product team to clarify and document requirements (both functional and non-functional)
Defines technical stories from business requirements and ensure they have all details needed to be ready for development prior to review by the development team/ sprint planning
Ensures all business requirements implementation passed to developers are clear and concise, documented correctly in Jira
Architects and Software Engineers to design and implement appropriate solutions and documentation (including UML diagrams)
Help engage around the estimation and planning of highly sophisticated scalable projects and their budget allocations
You will be expected to stay up to date with emerging technologies so you can make informed recommendations
Provides leadership for all onshore and offshore technology resources
Partners with Tech Leads, Architects and development team to follow Disney Reference Architecture best practices and share learnings across initiatives
Mentors' development team by setting an example and providing guidance on coding standards, agile practices, and team culture
Participates in individual mentorship sessions with senior developers
Owns the final product, by reviewing code to ensure the quality of the product being delivered
Define coding patterns and practices to be used on a project and enforce conformity to the best practices
Identifies technical debt and ensure that stories are added real-time to the backlog
Strategically identify technical dependencies and lead times on stories so that leadership and project managers can coordinate the project plan accordingly
Assists in creation of the Application Infrastructure Diagram with System Engineering, and the project Architect
Pilots the development of current and future large or complex custom projects
Identifies high level solution options for the business and presents these to stakeholders for review
Works with Architects to ensure business processes are aligned with technology and business goals
Coordinate with management and Solution Engineering to ensure the right balance of Time, Quality, and Cost is met on all deliverables
Reviews, and signs off on solution designs

Minimum 7 years of related work experience
Comfortable working in an agile environment
A visionary who motivates teams to excel and fosters creativity, consistently driving excellence in all endeavors
An advocate for a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages innovation and ensures every team member feels a sense of belonging
Familiar with Java, SpringBoot, Angular, TypeScript, NodeJS, MariaDB or MySQL, GitLab, AWS, API Gateway, AWS console, and UML diagrams with a desire to further develop technical expertise in data engineering tools, methodologies, and emerging technologies

Experience with Java, Angular and MariaDB
Experience with dev tools including GitLab, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and AWS Console
Experience with pull request reviews and approvals
Expertise of all stages in an Agile project lifecycle and delivery
Expertise creating UML diagrams to document technical implementation
Ability to lead tech discussions with onshore and offshore development teams, and participating in solutioning discussions
Ability to complete development tasks with no oversight
Strong ability to clearly communicate thoughts and ideas to development and leadership teams
Strong problem solving and analysis skills
Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming
Experience with Jira including reviewing and updating requirements and user stories
Expertise with relational databases, writing and optimizing queries
Experience with SuccessFactors will be a plus

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