Principal Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company2 months ago
Celebration, FL, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$176k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the analysis, design, programming, debugging, modification, testing, and implementation of software improvements, products, systems, and applications.
- Lead sophisticated, scalable software projects and influence their design, development priorities, estimation, planning, and budget allocation.
- Define and enforce reference architecture standards across shipboard solutions in an on-premise environment.
- Develop modernization and replacement strategies for bespoke and aging systems, leading technical execution across teams.
- Champion engineering excellence, standardization, continuous improvement, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across multidisciplinary teams.
- Define and integrate AI tooling into the engineering side of the Software Development Life Cycle and establish adoption best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and make informed technical recommendations while partnering with product, security, operations, and project management teams.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of related work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field, and/or equivalent work experience.
- Deep expertise in Flutter, native iOS/Android development, Java, Angular, Node.js, RESTful API design, on-premise infrastructure management, data standardization principles, and microservices architecture.
- Strong communication, leadership, collaboration, mentoring, and team-influence abilities.
- Preferred experience includes cruise, hospitality, travel, shipboard, or remote operational environments.
- Preferred experience includes large-scale legacy-system migration, geographically dispersed or cross-functional team leadership, Docker, Kubernetes, on-premise orchestration, cybersecurity, data privacy, real-time data processing, resilient system design, and intermittent-connectivity environments.
- Preferred experience includes applying AI/ML concepts or tooling to software development processes such as code generation, testing, and analysis.
- A master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field and relevant architecture, cloud platform, or AI/ML certifications are preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time employment; the posting states that medical, financial, and other benefits may be included depending on the level and position.
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