Principal Enterprise Architect

Principal Software Architect – Disney Experiences

We are seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead through influence — shaping strategy, driving enterprise alignment, and guiding our most critical technology initiatives across the Commerce, Ticketing, and Guest Experience domains. This is not an ivory‑tower role. Our Principal Architects work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with business leaders, solution teams, and technologists to connect strategy with execution. The ideal candidate blends executive presence, architectural depth, and collaboration mastery, inspiring teams to deliver technology that scales the Disney magic globally.

• Lead through influence:
  Operate as a senior advisor and strategic influencer to executives and domain leaders, helping align technology investments with business outcomes.
• Advance repository practices:
  Ensure architectural metadata and taxonomy integrity within the Blue Dolphin repository, enabling enterprise transparency and decision support.
• Foster collaboration:
  Build partnerships with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Security teams to co‑own outcomes, not dictate them.
• Mentor and inspire:
  Coach solution architects across federated business domains to raise the bar on architecture quality, reusability, and scalability.
• Communicate and influence:
  Translate architectural strategy into compelling business narratives that resonate with executive audiences and technical teams alike.
• Champion modernization and platform thinking:
  Lead initiatives that simplify, modernize, and integrate platforms across Commerce, Payments, Ticketing, and Entitlements.
• Balance short‑term delivery with long‑term strategy:
  Facilitate informed trade‑offs, track technical debt decisions, and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of increasing responsibility in architecture‑oriented roles.
• Expertise with enterprise architecture repository tools (e.g., Blue Dolphin, LeanIX).
• Strong leadership experience mentoring architecture teams.
• Proven ability to influence without authority across technical and business domains.
• Experience defining and applying metadata models, taxonomy relationships, and governance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑domain architectural initiatives and guide decision processes.
• Understanding of both front‑end and back‑end technologies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions to business stakeholders.
• 5+ years as a Solution or Enterprise Architect for multiple domains.
• 8+ years engineering experience across multiple languages, both front‑end and back‑end.
• Expertise in modern programming languages and technologies.
• Experience with testing and debugging applications to deliver scalable enterprise solutions.

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS) preferred.
• Experience delivering architecture in platform‑oriented and product‑led organizations.
• Background in API design and messaging standards.
• Knowledge of security‑by‑design principles and secure architecture practices.
• Experience integrating SaaS solutions and working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with architecture maturity models and scorecards.
• Certifications such as TOGAF, Archi Mate, or equivalent enterprise architecture frameworks.
• 8+ years of experience working with cloud vendors.
• 8+ years of experience with databases (relational and non‑relational).
• Experience with SaaS vendor implementations.
• Experience with messaging patterns and API design best practices.
• Experience implementing security best practices and security‑by‑design.

• Thinks strategically like an executive and acts pragmatically like a builder.
• Is as comfortable presenting to VPs as in workshops with engineers.
• Believes architecture is a team sport — driven by collaboration, context, and clarity.
• Measures success not by control, but by influence and adoption.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Information Technology

Entertainment Providers