The Walt Disney Company

Senior Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $135,200 - $181,200 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Work with teams from around Disney to architect, develop and integrate business critical features
  • Oversee the design of complex technical projects which are typically company-wide initiatives.
  • Oversee multiple products or services conception, design, and initial specifications and help define the technology strategy to be implemented by multiple domains.
  • Contributes to product and solution designs to address critical and strategic issues and complex problems spanning multiple product groups
  • Develop technology strategy in response to company-wide strategy and initiatives in support of the needs of key business segments and stakeholders.
  • Sets technical direction, strategy and drives technology innovation within multiple product segments across the company.
  • Produces technical designs and informs product strategies that anticipate, as best as possible, the needs of the business for years to come.

Requirements

  • BS, BA, or advanced degree in computer science, engineering or its equivalent
  • Up to 5+ years hands-on professional experience with Frontend or Backend development
  • Experience working a significant consumer product that is currently available
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Frontend and Server-Side Technologies
  • Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization
  • Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations
  • Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing architectural improvements, user-facing features, or fixing defects
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across our various platforms
  • Analyze and optimize application code for efficiency, reliability, and performance
  • Understand product architecture, assisting other Software Architects as necessary
  • Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
  • Work with minimal technical supervision and supplemental engineering support
  • Embrace a highly collaborative team that rewards quality code and effective communication
  • Operate as an expert resource to other Software Engineers, providing an open learning environment for cross-team knowledge sharing
  • Often regarded as an expert in their field
  • Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.
  • Contributes to the development of functional strategy
  • Leads project teams to achieve milestones and objectives
  • Consistently involved in major work efforts of strategic importance, working directly with senior levels, often multidisciplinary in nature.
Benefits
  • 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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Frontend developmentBackend developmentServer-Side TechnologiesApplication code optimizationTechnical designArchitectural improvementsUser-facing featuresTroubleshootingCoding efficiencySoftware architecture
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingAdaptabilitySelf-starterLeadershipTime managementInfluencingTeamworkLearning
Certifications
BS in Computer ScienceBA in EngineeringAdvanced degree in Computer Science or Engineering