Lead Software Engineer

• Drive engineering quality and continuous improvement through code and design reviews automated testing end-to-end troubleshooting and root-cause analysis and proactive recommendations to processes technologies and coding practices maintaining focus and sound judgment in a dynamic fast-paced cross-functional environment.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product owners engineering partners delivery managers business analysts and other architecture teams to align solutions with current and future business needs estimate delivery and communicate the teams value.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• 7 years of experience building large-scale software systems and web applications leading engineering teams and projects with hands-on experience in solution and application architecture.

• Expertise with enterprise architecture repository tools (e.g. tools similar to BlueDolphin or LeanIX)

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-domain architectural initiatives and guide decision processes

• Experience developing and managing architecture taxonomies patterns and standards.

• Proven ability to align architecture with strategic objectives OKRs and scorecards.

• Hands-on familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) API-led integration security-by-design and data architecture principles.

• Strong hands-on skills in Java 21 Spring microservices and RESTful APIs.

• Deep experience with AWS databases (DynamoDB Aurora MongoDB) Kafka Docker and CI/CD pipelines.

• Solid understanding of object-oriented design coding best practices and Agile/Test-Driven Development.

• Experience running and monitoring distributed production systems including tools like Splunk Grafana or AppDynamics.

• Knowledge of inventory optimization and preventing overbooking-type issues.

• Hands-on experience using AI-powered coding tools (Copilot Cursor Amazon Q Claude etc.) to accelerate development.

• Able to lead complex projects independently setting direction solving hard problems and guiding testing and debugging.

• Comfortable managing multiple projects at once and making fast decisions under pressure.

• Experience working with distributed/remote teams.

• Strong mentoring skills able to train guide and review the work of junior engineers.

• Good communicator who can work well with product owners UI/UX teams and other technical and business stakeholders.

• Adaptable thrives in fast-changing sometimes ambiguous environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Disney Food & Beverage Attractions & Entertainment domain

Required Education:

• Bachelors or foreign equivalent Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Software Electrical or Electronics Engineering or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience.

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