Sr Software Engineer
About The Position
The Sr Software Engineer is the senior service-layer engineer for the Lodging & Resort Sales commerce team within Disney Experiences Technology & Digital. The role is responsible for APIs supporting guest-facing resort booking, modification, and cancellation experiences at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort, across programs and product areas including Disney Add-Ons, Online Modifications, and Reservation Cancellation. The position works closely with UI engineering, Quality Engineering, Product, and other cross-functional partners, and guides offshore service developers. The engineer architects and implements Java/Spring Boot microservices and owns API delivery from design through production deployment across development, latest, stage, load, and production environments. The role contributes to backend architecture, supports ongoing production operations, manages environment configuration and observability, and resolves high-priority production incidents. This is not a remote role; candidates must be in the area or willing to relocate.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of related work experience in Software Engineering.
- Comfort working in an Agile environment.
- Experience delivering across multiple concurrent workstreams with shared dependencies.
- Experience managing multi-environment deployment pipelines from 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 including DAO, Feign clients, and service connectors, AWS cloud services, and CI/CD pipelines using Harness.
- Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as Amazon Q Developer, Kiro, GitHub Copilot, and Claude, including demonstrating creative use to accelerate code generation, debugging, testing, and delivery.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
Nice To Haves
- Commerce or e-commerce domain experience, such as reservations, pricing, or order management.
- Experience leading or directing offshore/vendor development resources.
- Familiarity with Disney's internal services ecosystem.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement Java/Spring Boot microservices for reservation booking, modifications, and cancellations across guest-facing experiences, including Mods Hub, Disney Add-Ons, and Reservation Cancellation.
- Own end-to-end API delivery from design through production deployment across Dev, Latest, Stage, Load, and Production environments.
- Guide offshore service developers by assigning work, reviewing code, making architectural decisions, and validating feature completeness.
- Design service-oriented architecture using DAO patterns, Feign client integrations, and downstream service connectors.
- 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, modification, and cancellation flows.
- Partner with UI, QE, Product, and cross-functional teams to develop technical approaches and unblock delivery.
- Conceive, design, develop, test, and implement software components, fixes, improvements, systems, and applications.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies.
Benefits
- A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.
- Medical, financial, and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the level and position offered.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
