Job Posting Title:

Sr. Software Engineer

Req ID:

10146615

Job Description:

Department Description:

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) 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 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 possible through the design, development, testing and implementation of complex software for use across TWDC. We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer, 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.

What You’ll 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 specifications
• 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:

• 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 processes and technologies for legal functions, focusing on architecture and integration into 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.)
• Identify key business opportunities and challenges
• Experience supporting Legal Technology

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

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA $141,900 to $190,300 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.

Job Posting Segment:

Enterprise Technology and Data

Job Posting Primary Business:

Services and Platforms

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Burbank, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2026-03-24