Sr. Application Engineer

Job Posting Title:

Sr. Application Engineer

Req ID:

Job Description:

The Disney Decision Science and Integration (DDSI) team leverages advanced technologies data analytics and scientific approaches such as optimization and statistical modeling to build innovative tools that shape business decisions across The Walt Disney Company. We support Disney Entertainment (ABC The Walt Disney Studios Disney Hulu) ESPN Disney Experiences (Theme Parks Cruise Line Consumer Products DVC) and Corporate Finance with strategic applications that enable data-driven decision-making.

What Youll Do:

• Lead the design and development of engaging user-centric web applications for strategic internal business decision-makers at The Walt Disney Company.
• Champion modern front-end technologies and frameworks focusing on building responsive scalable and accessible user interfaces using React or similar libraries.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to translate business requirements into intuitive user experiences workflows wireframes and mockups.
• Work with Data Scientists and Data Engineers to visualize complex data and model outputs in clear actionable formats for end users.
• Mentor and guide other engineers in front-end best practices code quality and UI/UX design principles.
• Partner with DevOps to ensure seamless deployment security and performance of front-end applications.
• Advocate for and implement best practices in front-end development including accessibility performance optimization and maintainability.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• 5 years of software development experience with at least 3 years focused on front-end development.
• Proficiency in React HTML CSS and TypeScript.
• Familiar with frameworks like Tailwind CSS TanStack (Query and Table) and global state management libraries.
• Skilled in writing clean maintainable and well-documented code
• Familiar with RESTful APIs and data fetching techniques

• Proven experience designing and building full-stack web platforms with a strong emphasis on front-end architecture and user experience.
• Deep expertise in HTML CSS JavaScript and React.
• Ability to optimize front-end applications for performance scalability and large data sets.
• Partner with designers product managers and backend engineers to translate design concepts into functional high-performance web applications
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced proficiency in React UI/UX design data visualizations and front-end optimization.
• Proven experience building performance accessible and reusable front-end components or libraries.
• Experience implementing UI/UX designs in Figma including user scenarios wireframes mockups and technical specifications.
• Experience with front-end build tools and GitLab CI/CD
• Experience with Python and Django or similar web frameworks.
• Experience building data-driven applications with databases such as PostgreSQL Snowflake and SQL.
• Demonstrated leadership in front-end architecture and tool selection.
• Masters degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.

Education:

Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Software Electrical or Electronics Engineering or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Orlando FL $135200 to $181200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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:

Enterprise Technology and Data

Job Posting Primary Business:

Decision Science & Integration

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

Lake Buena Vista FL USA

Alternate City State Region Postal Code:

Date Posted:

Required Experience:

Senior IC