Sr Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
About the role
Job Posting Title:
Sr Software Engineer
Req ID:
10153889
Job Description:
This is not a remote role. You must be in the area or willing to relocate.
Sr Software Engineer - Commerce Lodging
Job Description
"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 lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!
This role sits in the Commerce Lodging organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with UI engineering, Quality Engineering, and Product teams from across the company.
About The Role & Team:
This role is the senior service layer engineer for the Lodging & Resort Sales commerce team, responsible for the APIs that power guest-facing resort booking, modifications, and cancellation experiences across Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort. The team supports multiple concurrent commerce programs and product areas (Disney Add-Ons, Online Modifications, Reservation Cancellation) with a mix of Cast and offshore vendor developers.
What You'll Do:
Architect and implement Java/Spring Boot microservices for revenue-critical commerce flows — reservation booking, modifications, and cancellations across guest-facing experiences including Mods Hub, Disney Add-Ons, and Reservation Cancellation for Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort
Own end-to-end API delivery from design through production deployment across multi-environment pipelines (Dev → Latest → Stage → Load → Production)
Collaborate with and guide a small team of offshore service developers — assigning work, reviewing code, making architectural decisions, and validating feature completeness
Design service-oriented architecture including DAO patterns, Feign client integrations, and downstream service connectors for Disney's proprietary commerce ecosystem
Manage AuthZ scope provisioning, Nimbus and Vault environment configuration, and Splunk and AppDynamics observability dashboards
Resolve P1/P2 production incidents across Consumer, Travel Agent, Cast, and TAAP booking, modifications, and cancellation flows
Partner with UI, QE, Product, and cross-functional teams to solution technical approaches and unblock delivery
Conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software components, fixes, improvements, and/or new systems and applications
Stay up to date with emerging technologies
Required Qualifications:
Must have minimum 5 years of related work experience (Software Engineering)
Comfortable working in an Agile environment
Experience delivering across multiple concurrent workstreams with shared dependencies
Experience managing multi-environment deployment pipelines (development through production) including configuration management and environment-specific provisioning
Proficiency in Java/Spring Boot microservices, RESTful API design and implementation, service-oriented architecture patterns (DAO, Feign clients, service connectors), AWS cloud services, and CI/CD pipelines (Harness), with a proactive demeanor towards continuous learning and skill development, and an interest in mastering emerging software engineering tools and methodologies
Proficiency in AI-assisted development tools (Amazon Q Developer, Kiro, GitHub Copilot, Claude) — must demonstrate creative application of AI to accelerate code generation, debugging, testing, and delivery velocity
Preferred Qualifications:
Commerce/e-commerce domain experience (reservations, pricing, order management)
Experience leading or directing offshore/vendor development resources
Familiarity with Disney's internal services ecosystem
Required Education:
Bachelor's or foreign equivalent Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
Additional Information:
This is the sole senior software engineer (service focus) on the team, spanning multiple concurrent programs, product areas (Disney Add-Ons, Online Modifications, Reservation Cancellation), and ongoing sustainment. The role serves as the senior Cast service developer for offshore service developers and contributes to backend API architecture end-to-end — from design through production deployment across Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort.
The hiring range for this position in Orlando is $135,200.00- 164,800.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Job Posting Segment:
DX Technology
Job Posting Primary Business:
Commerce
Primary Job Posting Category:
Software Engineer
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Orlando, FL, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2026-07-09
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement Java/Spring Boot microservices for resort booking, modifications, and cancellations.
- Own API delivery from design through production deployment across multiple environments.
- Guide offshore service developers, review code, and make architectural decisions.
- Design service-oriented architecture and integrations with Disney commerce services.
- Manage environment configuration, access scopes, and observability dashboards.
- Resolve production incidents and collaborate with UI, quality engineering, product, and cross-functional teams.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of related software engineering experience.
- Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and service-oriented architecture.
- Experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-environment deployments.
- Experience working in Agile environments and across concurrent workstreams.
- Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as Amazon Q Developer, Kiro, GitHub Copilot, or Claude.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
- Commerce domain experience and experience leading offshore or vendor developers are preferred.
Benefits
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided.
- Medical, financial, and other benefits may be included.
Skills mentioned
About The Walt Disney Company
Imagine a career at Disneyland Paris. From the moment you arrive, you’ll be immersed in a dynamic and multicultural team of talent that welcomes our Guests every day to create magical souvenirs they’ll cherish forever. Since 1992, we’ve opened our Park gates to 320 million visitors and made the dreams of millions come true! You too could be part of the magic! The success in delivering these projects and their stories is thanks to our team of 15,000 Cast Members who live Walt Disney’s vision: they bring imagination and wonder to our guests while seeing their own careers flourish. And this is where you can get involved. We have 500 different job profiles across our corporate and operations departments, so whether you’re interested in the operational roles within our Park, maybe to work part-time alongside your studies, or if you’re interested in Marketing, Finance, Engineering and our other corporate roles, we invite you to apply to us! Discover our many career opportunities in our recruitment website careers.disneylandparis.com :