Senior Software Engineer

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 new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

Team Description:

The Product & Engineering team within Workforce Technology focuses on integrations between various HCM systems. The team comprises of software engineers dedicated to building solutions that help automate HR processes, improve end user experience and improve data integrity between various HR systems that drive payroll processing, benefit enrollments, time & absence recording, reporting and other analytical dashboards.

Responsibilities of Role:

• Lead, analyze, design, build, test and debug applications for system integrations solutions with focus on HR data between internal and external systems

• Design and implement applications using Web Services methodologies such as XML, XSLT, JSON, xPath and other related technologies

• Design and build user friendly interfaces using scripting languages and front-end frameworks and libraries

• Develop and manage server-side programming and APIs

• Manage databases for HR data within the technology landscape for various subscribing systems

• Participate in project and DevOps delivery from requirements gathering to deployment

• Lead business and stakeholder teams to effectively translate business requirements into technical solutions keeping in mind best practices and industry standards

• Perform fit-gap analysis to identify opportunities to automate and make existing processes more efficient.

• Collaborate with various teams, including third party vendors, Enterprise Applications and Infrastructure teams on various projects and day-to-day deliverables

• Mentor junior team members to ensure deliverables are met

• Analyze data points to influence critical decisions to effectively deliver on projects

• Build and foster client & peer relationships, partner with other teams to deliver mission critical applications

• Lead support teams and other team members to troubleshoot critical incidents by conducting root cause analysis and identifying solutions

• Contribute to impact analysis during various application Release Cycles

• Own comprehensive technical documentation of integrations and other applications for document versions and archives

Must Haves (Years of Experience, languages, programs, tools, etc.):

• Minimum 5 years of experience developing software applications

• Minimum 5 years hands-on experience configuring systems

• Minimum 5 years of experience with some of the following specific technologies: OData, REST, SOAP, FTP/SFTP, JDBC, CSV, XML, JSON, XSL, encryption standards such as PGP, x509.

• Minimum 5 years of experience working on JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, Angular, jQuery

• Minimum 5 years of experience working server-side programming languages such as Net, Java, Ruby and Python

• Minimum 5 years of experience in API development using web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methodologies.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in API development using web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) methodologies.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in database technology, including SQLServer, Oracle, MongoDB and MySQL and caching mechanisms such as server caching, browser caching, CDN caching, database query caching, in-memory caching (like Redis and Memcached), and application caching

• Expertise in comprehensive testing lifecycle inclusive of Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, and Defect Remediation.

• Comfortable with Agile and Waterfall development lifecycles for project deliveries

• Experience with software development lifecycle methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.

• Expertise in secure software development and secure coding practices

• Ability to translate business requirements into software technical specifications

• Act as a liaison between business and technology teams

• Keep abreast with latest technologies and share knowledge with team members & peers

• Problem solver, analytical and results driven with innovative thinking

• Good communication and presentation skills, both oral and written. Able to interact with various levels within a project team.

• Able to collaborate and work effectively with different team members as part of a matrix organization

• Able to prioritize and multitask between assignments as needed by the business and team deliverable requirements

• Works independently under minimal guidance

Nice To Haves:

• Familiarity and experience with SAP, Workday, SuccessFactors, or any other HCM system

• Experience with HR Systems & Processes

• Google Cloud Platform or similar cloud platforms

• Informatica or similar middleware technology

• Experience with Robotic Process Automation tools

Education:

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

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, California is $138,900 to $186,200 per year and in Seattle, WA $145,400 to $195,000 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.