Senior Software Engineer

"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 My Disney Experience  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. The role reports to the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering.

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.

• 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., Git Hub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT) to accelerate coding, testing, debugging and documentation, applying sound engineering judgment to review and validate AI-generated output.

• 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,…