Lead Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

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Work type: On-site
Location: Bay Lake, FL
Salary: $148,300–$180,000 / yr
Posted: 47 days ago
Closes: Jul 4, 2026
Nearby: 55 roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $164k

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About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is a diversified global entertainment and media enterprise operating in segments including Disney Parks, Experiences and Products; Entertainment (ABC, Hulu, Disney+); and ESPN. Industry: Entertainment & Media

The Walt Disney Company currently has 167 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,300–$198,800 across 163 roles with salary data.

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The Lead Software Engineer role at Disney Experiences Technology & Digital involves leading the technical delivery of products within the Connected Products team. This hands-on position requires designing and building real-time, event-driven systems using Java and Apache Flink to process data from edge devices on AWS infrastructure. Responsibilities include architecting scalable and fault-tolerant production systems, driving end-to-end delivery for multiple initiatives, and making critical technical decisions. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on distributed systems and 3+ years of cross-team leadership in technical projects. Expertise in AWS services, event-driven architecture, and real-time data pipelines is essential, along with strong skills in Java and hands-on experience with cloud technologies like Kinesis and MQTT. The role demands a deep understanding of observability, resilience, and scalability in high-visibility systems handling sensitive data.

Skills

Java Apache Flink AWS ECS/EKS Lambda DynamoDB S3 CloudWatch Timestream InfluxDB Kafka MQTT event-driven architecture CI/CD schema evolution observability resilience scalability IoT edge systems computer vision stream processing frameworks high-throughput messaging systems

What you'll do

Design and build real-time, event-driven systems for data ingestion from edge devices.
Develop backend services using Java and Apache Flink to process and transform data into reliable events.
Architect scalable production systems on AWS with a focus on cost efficiency and fault tolerance.
Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple systems by balancing technical constraints and priorities.
Build clean event schemas and APIs for integration with downstream consumers and external systems.
Drive technical decisions and system design, owning critical components of the platform.

What we're looking for

7+ years of professional software engineering experience with distributed production systems
3+ years of technical leadership in cross-team initiatives and driving architecture decisions at scale
Expertise in building real-time or streaming data pipelines using AWS IoT Core, Kinesis, Kafka, MQTT
Deep hands-on experience with AWS services including ECS/EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch
Expert-level proficiency in Java for developing backend services and event-driven systems

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