The Walt Disney Company · 2 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer
Santa Monica, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$156K/yr - $209K/yr
7+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and media, and they are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their Commerce, Growth & Identity organization. This role involves leading projects, architecting solutions, and mentoring senior developers to enhance Disney's streaming and digital products.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Lead projects where you’ll work closely with engineering and product teams to scope and distill product requirements into design and technical specifications
Write, maintain, standardize and enforce code quality through test driven development
Architect and Design implementations while providing documentation and guidance to other engineers
Key contributor to project needs and the evolution of the team's practices; recommending changes in development, coding, maintenance and system standards
Applies experiences and exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques to identify, resolve, and develop solutions to a variety of sophisticated tasks involving architectural application changes
Supports and mentors senior developers through code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and technical leadership
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 7+ years experience building highly scalable and performant web applications serving millions of users and requests
Experience architecting sophisticated technical changes, to knowledge-share, and get consensus for their solutions
Expert knowledge in Javascript, Typescript, and React
Proven track record to define and implement api specifications while collaborating with service teams
Highly diligent. with the ability to see projects from beginning to end
Quickly learn, understand, and adapt to new technologies; identifying root causes and driving solutions to complex problems
Ability to support and mentor senior developers by building trust, identifying goals, encouraging, instructing, and providing constructive feedback
Preferred
Shipped production level React/Node.js application with high availability and throughput deployed to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS)
Expert understanding of web accessibility fundamentals
Expansive industry knowledge with regard to web standards and new technologies
Proven experience with Next.js
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
The full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$11BKey Investors
Citibank
2020-04-13Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2020-03-20Post Ipo Debt· $6B
1978-01-06IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Iger
CEO
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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