At Disney Experiences Technology (DXT), 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 Vacation Club (DVC) organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with DVC Business, along with Sales & Marketing, and Member Services Technology groups across the company.

The Sr. Software Engineer will report to the Manager, Software Engineering.

The Sr. Software Engineer is expected to play a critical role in:

• Contributing to the design and implementation of custom applications and integrations, cloud services, and application components.
• Taking ownership of development tasks and lead smaller project components from planning through implementation.
• Communicating effectively with technical and business stakeholders, ensuring clarity and professionalism in discussions.
• Collaborating with on-shore and off-shore development teams, clients, and technical groups to deliver project objectives.
• Supporting team members in delivering technology solutions that meet business needs and follow best engineering practices.
• Participating in regular code reviews and help maintain coding standards.
• Providing input on technical direction and help assess the quality of deliverables.
• Working closely with technical leaders to align on delivery approaches and manage dependencies.
• Participating in the design and enhancement of software features and platform improvements.
• Working independently to deliver assigned tasks within agreed timelines.
• Practicing agile development in a collaborative, dynamic team environment.
• Adapting quickly to changing business needs and new technologies.
• Following programming and style guidelines to ensure high-quality, secure code.
• Creating and maintaining documentation, procedures, and work instructions as needed.
• Demonstrating creativity in evaluating business needs and suggesting technical solutions.

What You’ll Do

• 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 and leverage emerging technologies such as Generative AI/helper tools like Github Copilot

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related work experience
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment
• Advanced level knowledge in Java, Angular, Node.js stack, with a proactive demeanor towards continuous learning and skill development, and an interest in mastering emerging data engineering tools and methodologies
• Advanced level knowledge of microservices, RESTful Web Services or APIs.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming with an understanding of design principles
• Proficiency in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components and major SaaS solutions
• Experience with event driven architecture, including technologies such as Pub-Sub, Kafka, and similar solutions
• Strong knowledge of unit testing, behavioral testing and continuous integration
• Monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, and New Relic
• Software Performance Optimization (memory, CPU, scaling, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing cloud-based solutions using managed and serverless technologies as appropriate such as Docker, AWS ECS, Google GKE, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, AWS DynamoDB, or Google Firestore
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks (Angular and Node.js)
• Experience in Timeshare industry is a plus
• Database Design Experience including both relational and NoSQL such as DynamoDB
• Experience with QA and software analytic tools is a plus

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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