Lead Software Engineer

This is not a remote role. You must be in the area or willing to relocate. About the Role & Team Disney Experiences (DXT) Technology & Digital 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 & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including My Disney Experience and Hey Disney! The Lead Software Engineer will have responsibilities within the Disney Experiences (DXT) team that manages technical delivery for products within the Connected Products team across all DX. As Lead, they own multi-system outcomes, set technical direction, arbitrate tradeoffs across teams, and drive delivery when priorities conflict. The Lead Software Engineer will be contributing to a core platform with real-world impact, operating at scale, and solving technically hard problems that span edge systems, cloud infrastructure, and real-time data processing. This is a hands-on lead role: you will be expected to write production code, drive architecture, lead delivery across teams, and own operational outcomes for critical platform components. Success in this role requires ownership of roadmap-to-delivery for a portfolio, aligning multiple teams, unblocking org-level issues and raising the bar on architecture and operational standards. Job: • Design, build, and operate real-time, event-driven systems that ingest and process data from edge devices • Develop backend services and streaming pipelines using Java and Apache Flink to transform data into reliable, consumable events, managing Guest media and identity reconsiliation • Architect and operate production systems on AWS, with a strong focus on scalability, cost efficiency, observability, and fault tolerance • Lead end‑to‑end delivery for multiple systems, balancing domain goals, technical constraints, and priorities to deliver impactful features • Lead…