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The Walt Disney Company Principal Software Engineer in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Job Overview
“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences Technology & Digital. Our team 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 and digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!
This role is a part of the Retail & Restaurant Commerce Technology organization within Disney Experiences Technology & Digital. It works closely with a diverse team of engineers and service owners from across the company.
The Principal Software Engineer (Developer / Software Engineer) will report to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering.
What You’ll Do
End to end engineering lead responsible for the implementation and automation of the Point of Sale system.
Owns and leads large development projects and team where a project comprises multiple components.
Identifies new directions and opportunities; champions the development of innovative solutions.
Works closely with management and architects to produce highly complex and sophisticated software on design projects that span several groups.
Performs strategic research and design for one or more major technical areas.
Monitors emerging technologies and proposes the adoption of appropriate new technologies.
Uses expert knowledge to develop creative solutions to critical issues and complex design problems.
Exercises exceptional judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to resolve issues.
Works on unprecedented and exceptionally complex technical issues requiring major vision, creativity, and proactive solutions.
Overseeing, influencing, and mentoring collaborative project teams, inclusive of on-shore and off-shore development resources, key clients, and other technical groups in the organization.
Ability to use your subject matter expertise knowledge to reverse engineer how things work from code bases that do not have documentation or historical explanation
Recommends improvements to processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of the team
Identifies new directions and opportunities; champions the development of innovative solutions.
Oversees the development, programming, testing and debugging of major software development projects.
Creates protocols, documentation and tools for the installation and maintenance of innovative software projects.
Required Qualifications & Skills
10+ years of progressively related experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems.
4-6 years of project or team lead experience.
Experience targeting Kubernetes for web application development
In-depth knowledge of DPEP Technology & Digital Retail and Restaurant business processes and integrations, such as: Item Countdown, Item & Item Set Hierarchies, Location Configuration Hierarchy, Share Pick Groups, Pricing Modes, Kitchen Integrations, RBAC in a Point of Sale, Table Service Restaurant Functionality
Certifications or working experience of ITIL and Agile processes.
Preferred Qualifications
7+ years of experience with Point of Sale
Experience with Appetize Point of Sale systems
Previously engineered adding major features to a pre-existing Point of Sale solution (stadiums, merchandise, table service)
Prior experience with separating a monolith into microservices
Understand and analyze data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems
Basic knowledge integrating cloud-based data pipelines and analytics services
Experience with mobile development (Android/iOS native, web apps designed for mobile)
Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) certification.
In-depth, advanced expertise in relevant technologies, such as: CS Fundamentals, Development tools like Eclipse, Cloud Technologies, Java/JavaScript, SQL/ NoSQL data modeling, MongoDB and DynamoDB,JSON Messaging,Database Designs,Redis Caching,HTTP/HTTPS Protocol,Web Services (SOAP & REST) ,HTML/XHTML/DHTML & CSS, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Harness, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, ELK, Grafana, Splunk, AppDynamics, NewRelic, Firebase, DevOps fundamentals, Test Automation concepts, Software Performance Optimization
Education
- Bachelors in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field/work experience.
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Job ID: 10081407
Location: Lake Buena Vista,Florida
Job Posting Company: Disney Experiences
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