Sr Software Engineer

About the Role & Team Disney Experiences (DXT) Technology & Digital 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 My Disney Experience and Hey Disney! As a Sr. Software Engineer on the Disney Experiences (DXT) team, you will manage technical delivery for products within the Connected Products team across all DX. You will be a cross‑disciplinary engineer and problem solver who delivers projects, sustains platforms, and contributes to innovative new products. You will contribute to a core platform with real‑world impact, operating at scale, and solving technically hard problems that span edge systems, cloud infrastructure, and real‑time data processing. Success in this role requires shipping complex features, improving reliability/performance of owned areas, mentoring junior developers and demonstrating strong operational excellence on owned components. Responsibilities Design, build, and operate real‑time, event‑driven systems that ingest and process data from edge devices through technologies like Kinesis, Kafka, and MQTT. Develop backend services and streaming pipelines using Java to transform model outputs into reliable, consumable events, managing media and identity reconciliation. Architect and operate production systems on AWS, with a strong focus on scalability, cost efficiency, observability, and fault tolerance. Lead technical decisions, drive system design, and act as an owner for critical components of the platform. Build clean, versioned event schemas and APIs that integrate with downstream consumers and external systems. Act as a technical liaison and communicate effectively with technical partners, business partners, and front‑line operators. Mentor junior developers and represent technical trade‑offs to senior leadership. Occasional travel, estimated at 10-15%. Basic Qualifications 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on distributed, production systems. Deep ownership of major components, with proven ability to design systems that are observable, resilient, and scalable. Expert‑level proficiency in Java. Extensive experience building real‑time or streaming data pipelines (event ingestion, aggregation, windowing, and emission). Hands‑on experience with AWS services (e.g., ECS/EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch). Strong understanding of event‑driven architecture, schema evolution, and downstream consumer integration. Experience with real‑time, event‑driven systems. Strongly Preferred Qualifications Operating high‑visibility systems with strict performance and reliability expectations. Experience with stream processing frameworks or high‑throughput messaging systems. Building systems that handle sensitive or privacy‑relevant data, with strong security and access controls. Required Education Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent years of relevant experience. Hiring range for this position in Orlando is $135,200.00 – $165,000.00 per year. The base pay offered takes into account internal equity and may vary based on the candidate’s geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, depending on the level and position offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution