Principal Software Engineer; Architecture
Listed on 2026-06-04
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Software Development
Software Architect, Full Stack Developer
Principal Software Engineer (Architecture)
At Disney Experiences Technology, 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. The Disney Experiences Technology team is 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 the My Disney Experience app and Hey, Disney!
About The Role & Team:
This role sits in the Commerce Architecture Team organization within Disney Experiences Technology (DXT). It works closely with Licensing and Publishing from across the company.
The Principal Software Engineer (Architect) will report to the Senior Manager of Commerce Architecture.
What You’ll Do:Lead projects that may be used in commercial and end‑user applications or focus on architectural designs.
Work typically involves large or highly sophisticated software programs and systems.
Exercise full autonomy to interact with users across diverse teams and levels to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications.
Lead and influence the direction and prioritization of the design and development of highly scalable software systems and applications.
Engage in the estimation and planning of highly sophisticated scalable projects and their budget allocations.
Continuously monitor and evaluate emerging technologies within your area of expertise to drive informed decision‑making and recommendation.
Qualifications & Skills:
Minimum 10 years of related work experience.
Excellent communication and leadership abilities to ensure effective growth and development of team.
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.
Authority in Mule Soft and Gen AI, demonstrating deep expertise and knowledge in the field.
Designs solutions based on organizational strategy.
Develops enterprise‑level application and custom integration solutions including major enhancements and interfaces, functions and features for multiple, complex systems ensuring high‑performance and reliability of the solution.
Defines application tiers, frameworks, and interfaces for the most complex projects.
Determines specifications, then plans, designs, and develops the most complex and business critical software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes with an emphasis on reusability.
May lead technical project teams during the design, development, testing, and implementation of complex application systems. Resolves the most difficult support problems.
Researches and implements industry trends in best‑practice solutions, procedures, and tools for application architecture.
Develops design and development standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse.
Participates in program‑level application architecture decisions to determine the appropriate solution at the program level.
Proactively expands knowledge of software tools, languages, scripts, and shells that effectively support the application development environment in different operating system environments. Sets technical standards and provides project‑level work product reviews.
Analyzes existing application environments to prepare them for future strategic migration. Provides architectural guidance for a project.
Accountable for quality, completeness, and on‑time delivery of an assigned project.
Ability to perform across all phases of functional requirements.
Ability to clearly document own work products and review and contribute to the documentation across complex assignments.
Ability to identify problems or opportunities within the scope of the department’s projects.
Qualifications & Skills:
TOGAF Certified.
5+ Years in architecting solutions in AWS/GCP and/or Azure.
5+ Years’…
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