Lead Full Stack Software Engineer - AI Assisted Engineering Practices

Lead Software Engineer - Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

This is not a remote role. You must be in the area or open to relocation.

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, Disney Vacation Club, Storyliving by Disney, Adventures by Disney, and National Geographic Expeditions.

This role sits in the Disney Signature Experience organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It supports high-visibility, guest-facing digital platforms and works closely with Storyliving by Disney, Adventures by Disney and National Geographic Expeditions (A&E) businesses.

The Lead Software Engineer owns and evolves the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) cloud platform while serving as a hands-on front-end technical leader for large-scale, guest-facing web experiences.

This role intentionally blends active software development with technical leadership. You will spend meaningful time designing, building, reviewing, and improving code while also setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and guiding platform strategy. The role emphasizes modern front-end engineering (UI architecture, performance, accessibility, component-driven development) while maintaining full-stack responsibility across AEM, APIs, and back-end systems.

You will partner closely with Product, UX, Content, and Business stakeholders to ensure the AEM platform and front-end ecosystem scale reliably to support best-in-class, high-traffic, revenue-generating digital experiences.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have at least 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Must have 5+ years of hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager, including AEM as a Cloud Service
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical decision-making, influence architecture across teams, and align engineering solutions with business outcomes
• An advocate for a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages innovation and ensures every team member feels a sense of belonging
• Strong expertise in modern front-end development using JavaScript and TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with Node.js, React and Angular in large-scale applications
• Must have solid full-stack experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and microservices
• Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Splunk, AppDynamics, etc.)
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design and software architecture principles
• Experience working in agile development environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience building and supporting enterprise-scale, customer-facing platforms
• AEM certifications
• Experience with headless or hybrid AEM architectures
• Experience integrating AI or ML‑powered services into customer‑facing web applications.
• Familiarity with AI‑enabled CMS, personalization, search, or recommendation systems.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles in enterprise or consumer‑facing environments.
• Experience using AI‑assisted development tools in large engineering teams.
• Experience with cloud-based technologies like AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Jira including reviewing and updating requirements and user stories
• Expertise creating UML diagrams to document technical implementation

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline