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* Lead and develop a team responsible for end-to-end solution architecture, from concept through delivery and lifecycle management. * Provide hands-on architectural leadership across complex, multi-system initiatives spanning digital and physical Guest experiences. * Guide teams in analyzing, designing, programming, debugging, and enhancing software solutions across diverse computing environments. * Evaluate and embrace appropriate AI tools and solutions both within your team, and as part of the projects and programs you enable.
Business & Solution Alignment
* Develop a deep understanding of business objectives and translate them into solution architectures that are scalable, secure, and aligned to delivery timelines. * Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to shape solution scope, sequencing, and trade-offs.
Architecture Design & Governance
* Own solution-level architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, platform strategies, and security requirements. * Establish and enforce solution architecture patterns, reference architectures, and design guidelines. * Lead and participate in architecture reviews to validate solution designs and mitigate risk early.
Technology Roadmaps & Delivery Enablement
* Contribute to and consume enterprise and platform roadmaps to inform solution planning. * Supervise delivery optimization for large-scale or complex programs, ensuring architectural integrity throughout implementation. * Support estimation, planning, and dependency management across portfolios.
Risk, Quality & Metrics
* Identify and manage technical risk, security considerations, performance concerns, and technical debt at the solution level. * Define, review, and evolve metrics that measure solution health, reliability, and scalability. * Ensure operational readiness, supportability, and long-term sustainability of delivered solutions.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
* Act as a key liaison between Engineering, Product, Platform, Architecture, and Technology leadership. * Communicate architectural decisions clearly to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences. * Identify opportunities where existing capabilities or platforms can be leveraged to accelerate delivery and improve outcomes for Cast and Guests. * Ensure your partner teams are set up for successful delivery and operation of new or enhanced capabilities.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
* Proactively track and assess emerging technologies, patterns, and industry trends. * Recommend pragmatic innovations that improve delivery speed, quality, and Guest experience.
Required Qualifications & Skills
* Minimum 10 years of related experience with demonstrated expertise in: * Software Engineering Technical Design * Solution and Enterprise Architecture * Software Engineering Delivery and Leadership * Proven experience designing and delivering highly scalable, high-volume, distributed systems in Agile environments. * Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, integration patterns, APIs, infrastructure, data flows, and security-by-design. * Experience leading and mentoring Principal Software Architects & Engineers and technical leaders. * Ability to balance architectural rigor with delivery pragmatism. * Strong analytical skills with experience identifying and mitigating technical risk and technical debt. * Executive-level written and verbal communication skills. * Comfort with public speaking and presenting to varied audiences (executive, engineering, and cross-functional forums). * Experience collaborating within hybrid organizations (centralized architecture with federated delivery teams). * Budget and forecast management experience. * Strong understanding of enterprise architecture concepts and frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate) * Strong understanding of the relationship between Business Partners, Project/Program Management, Product, Architecture, Engineering, and Testing functions. * Familiarity with AI tools and approaches as applied to Software Architecture & Engineering.
Education Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience. Additional Information
* Position location: Orlando, Florida or Glendale, California
#DISNEYTECH The hiring range for this position in Florida is $175,000-$210,000 per year and California is $185,000-$240,000 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.
Languages
- English
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