Lead Software Engineer – Data Architect

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Location Celebration, Florida, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Oct. 23, 2026

“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, Disney Signature Experiences lines of business as well as other initiatives including My Disney Experience  and Hey, Disney!

This role sits in the Disney Signature Experience (DSE) Solution Architecture organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Data Governance teams from across the company.

The Lead Software Engineer – Data Architect will report to the Senior Manager of Architecture, Disney Signature Experience.

About The Role & Team:

Within Disney Signature Experiences, the Disney Cruise Line team delivers end-to-end digital and physical experiences for Guests and Cast Members across shipboard and shoreside platforms. The Lead Software Engineer – Data Architect is a hands‑on senior engineer who designs, builds, and governs the software components, APIs, event streams, and data contracts that allow DCL systems across commerce, reservations, mobile, and operational platforms (including Seaware, web, and downstream platforms) to exchange data in a consistent, scalable, and governed manner.

This engineer leads the technical design of large, highly sophisticated integration and data‑platform solutions, writes and reviews production code assets, and sets the engineering standards that other teams build against.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of software components and services that integrate DCL commerce, reservation, mobile, and operational platforms in cloud-based, on‑prem shipboards and networked environments
• Lead the design and development of APIs, event‑driven services, and messaging layers, including the canonical data models, schemas, and payload structures they expose
• Conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software for data exchange between systems, including notification/event payloads, snapshot payloads, and synchronous vs. asynchronous integration patterns
• Define and enforce engineering standards for data contracts, schema versioning, naming conventions, and domain boundaries, and embed them into code reviews, solution architecture reviews, and ARB processes
• Act as the technical authority on data structure and integration design decisions impacting cross‑platform systems, providing clear guidance on tradeoffs across latency, cost, scalability, and resiliency
• Build software with privacy, security, and data classification requirements designed in, ensuring compliance with enterprise policies and regulatory requirements
• Promote reusable, modular software and data design that minimizes duplication across platforms and reduces technical debt
• Lead or perform testing and debugging of integration services and data pipelines, identifying root causes and innovative solutions
• Interact with Product, business, and engineering partners to define system requirements and necessary modifications
• Help drive estimation and planning of highly sophisticated, scalable projects and their budget allocations
• Own technical documentation, including canonical data models, data domain maps, integration patterns, and payload standards,…