Associate Software Engineer

"We Power the Magic!" That is our motto at Disney Experiences. Our team builds extraordinary immersive digital experiences for the Company's world-class 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 MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!
The Associate Software Engineer will play a crucial role within the Disney Experiences (DX) team, overseeing the technical delivery of products for the Connected Products team across all DX. This versatile engineer and problem solver will contribute to project delivery, platform maintenance, and the development of innovative new products. Responsibilities include coding, designing innovative architectures, conducting code reviews, and collaborating with the team in the field. The Associate Software Engineer will also be directly responsible for expanding and sustaining the mobile, location services, and digital signage platforms for Walt Disney World Resort and beyond through various initiatives.
What You'll Do

• Contribute to the design and development of software fixes, enhancements, components, and new software systems and applications.
• Participate in the development of components.
• Develop technical solutions that meet specifications and impact future developments.
• Execute assigned software development tasks and fixes using both new and existing technologies.
• Write code and participate in peer reviews.
• Program, test, and debug applications or fixes to existing applications.
• Participate in setting the architectural direction for software development projects.
• Code against the front-end technology stack and contribute to end-to-end troubleshooting.
• Interact and coordinate deliverables with other technical groups in the organization.
• Recommend improvements to processes, technology, and interfaces to enhance team effectiveness.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 0 - 2 years of relevant experience.
• Team player, solution provider, and proactive thinker with excellent communication skills.
• Manages multiple work streams with ease.
• Emphasizes maintainability, scalability, and defect-free coding through well-factored code and solid CS fundamentals.
• Knowledge and experience in relevant technologies, including:
• Java Development
• Go
• Flutter
• Spring, Spring Boot
• Building RESTful Web Services
• Source control and tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, CICD, etc.
• JMS (Sonic, RabbitMQ)
• Node/Angular
• NoSQL (DynamoDB, Mongo) and RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle)
• Database design
• Caching technologies (Redis, memcached)
• SON Messaging
• JavaScript
• Monitoring tools like Splunk, AppDynamics
• Software Performance Optimization (memory, CPU, scaling, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with BLE enablement in parks
• Experience in working with creative Product partners to bring experiential visions to life
• Exhibits curious and tenacious nature, discovering new technologies and learning various new approaches for successful implementations
• Experience with Connected Products platforms & Products and various tools, platforms that reside within the organization

Required Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience