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The Walt Disney Company · 3 days ago

Principal Software Engineer

Orlando, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Define and own the technical roadmap of products

Set architectural direction and lead design/development of application components for major software projects

Define API specifications, best practices, and coding guidelines

Lead development, programming, testing, and debugging of major software products

Perform strategic research, develop proofs of concepts, and recommend technically appropriate choices

Develop creative solutions to critical issues and complex design problems

Identify major problems and opportunities, set directions, and champion innovative solutions

Lead triage and resolution of high priority production problems

Review and write code, lead programming, testing, and debugging of major software projects

Mentor less experienced software engineers and recommend process & technology improvements

Ensure quality, completeness, and timely delivery of assigned projects

Qualification

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Full Stack DevelopmentJavaGraphQLNoSQLGraph DBCaching TechnologiesEvent-Driven ArchitecturesEnterprise Scale SolutionsDesign PatternsPerformance OptimizationTest Automation FrameworksSoftware Performance OptimizationCloud Native ArchitecturesMajor Cloud PlatformsObservabilityDevSecOpsLegacy Software ModernizationAWS CertificationProblem-SolvingCommunicationInfluenceTeamworkE-commercePricingInventoryAI/MLGenAIEmerging Technologies

Required

10+ years of full stack development experience

Substantial working experience with developing highly-scalable architectures, patterns, and technologies, specifically Java, GraphQL, NoSQL, Graph DB, Caching technologies and Event-Driven Architectures.

Substantial experience creating enterprise scale solutions for distributed applications with extensible design patterns that incorporate resiliency and performance.

Experience with test driven design and test automation frameworks

Experience with software performance optimizations

Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence engineers, peers, and senior stakeholders to consensus decisions

Proven experience in driving the architecture of complex technical programs across large numbers of stakeholders, multi-functional teams, requirements, and implementations

Experience developing with cloud native architectures and major cloud platforms

Experience with observability and tooling

Experience working on geographically distributed scrum teams

Well versed in dev sec ops

Experience with modernization of legacy software applications to new technology stacks

Cloud design or development certifications (AWS Preferred)

Preferred

Experience in the e-commerce space and products / pricing / inventory domains

Experience in travel and hospitality/hotel industries

Knowledge and training in AI/ML, GenAI and other emerging technologies

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.