Full-Time
Lead Software Engineer
Posted on 1/29/2026
The Walt Disney Company
10,001+ employees
Diversified entertainment conglomerate: media, parks, streaming
No salary listed
Celebration, FL, USA
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies...
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Computer Science
Disney runs four main operations: media networks (ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel), parks and resorts (Disneyland, Walt Disney World), studio entertainment (films and TV from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm), and direct-to-consumer streaming (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+). It makes money from ads and affiliate fees, ticket sales and in-park spending, box office and licensing, and subscriptions to its streaming services. It stands out because it owns a large library of well-known brands and can pair content with experiences, merchandise, and cross-promotion across parks and media. Its goal is to entertain, inform, and inspire people worldwide by telling stories with technology and forming partnerships to grow its reach.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Burbank, California
Founded
1923
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Disney+ and Hulu streaming income surges 88% to $582 million, driven by price hikes and advertising.
- Experiences division revenue hits $9.5 billion, up 7% year-over-year, defying economic pressures.
- Toy Story 5 Del Monte global promotion from May to September 2026 boosts IP merchandising sales.
What critics are saying
- Facial recognition data from 17 million Disneyland visitors breaches, triggering class-action lawsuits within 18 months.
- ESPN loses 5-7 million cable subscribers annually as cord-cutting accelerates, slashing sports revenue.
- Hotstar exit contracts Direct-to-Consumer revenue through Indian subscriber losses to JioCinema in 3-6 months.
What makes The Walt Disney Company unique
- Disney integrates facial recognition across Disneyland Resort entrances since April 28, 2026, verifying tickets via numerical face values.
- Disney bundles ESPN into streaming at $299.99 annually or $35.99 monthly with Hulu and Disney+, retaining sports revenue in-house.
- Disney's capital-light Abu Dhabi theme park with Miral funding expands Middle East presence without heavy capital outlay.
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