Senior Software Engineer (Project Hire)

About the Role & Team

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader.

Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses.

Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences and we’re constantly looking for ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Senior Software Engineer is a critical technology role, responsible for translating requirements and user stories into functional software that delivers value to the business.

They help make the impossible become possible through the design, development, testing and implementation of complex software for use across The Walt Disney Company.

We’re looking for experienced Software Engineers, with a background in complex integrations, to ensure that we are building the best-in-class products and continuously maintaining and enhancing existing products to improve what differentiates us and technical excellence.

Specifically, this role will be responsible for maintaining and developing software for Legal Operations.

This is a 30-month Project Hire position with no guarantee of permanent placement.

What You Will Do

Design, develop and test high performance, highly scalable and flexible software solutions with focus on integrations between internal and external systems

Translate business requirements to integration design specification

Develop, test and deploy integrations using Web Services APIs, XML, XSLT, Google Pub / Sub among others

Must have technical knowledge to be able to work with other teams, including third parties, Enterprise applications and infrastructure teams

Assess release and identify impact and opportunities to support new features.

Resolve critical incidents by conducting root cause analysis and identifying solutions

Partner with architects, business architects and business systems analysts and other software and data engineers on project teams, following Solutions Architecture model

Required Qualifications & Skills

Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a Software Engineering or software development role, developing a complex product within an enterprise

2+ years Web Services APIs, Messaging Bus, Pub-Sub, Google Cloud Platform, and ETL

Background in and strong understanding of broad systems architecture and data flow

Experience with integration design using data integration best practices including APIs, Messaging Bus, Pub-Sub, ETL

Extensive knowledge of best-practice business process and technologies for legal functions, focusing on architecture and integration to legacy based systems

A strong business orientation combined with strong IT technical skills.

Wide experience with a variety of Software Development Lifecycle methodologies across waterfall and agile with a focus on agile

Expertise in developing and delivering highly-scalable and flexible, cost effective, cloud-based enterprise solutions

Expertise developing secure and compliant data solutions

Expertise in secure software development and secure coding practices

Expertise in developing cloud-based and open source software solutions

Strong understanding of ITIL v4

Strong communication, writing, and executive presentation skills

Able to translate complex ideas into understandable requirements, value statements, and business outcomes

Demonstrated experience leading small teams to deliver projects and business outcomes

Experience with agile software development methodologies (PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, ICP-ACC, etc.)

Identifies key business opportunities and challenges

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and / or equivalent work experience

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The hiring range for this position in California is $136,038 - $182,490 per year and in Washington is -$142,516 - $191,180 per year.

The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

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.