Principal Software Architect - Web UI
Company: Parks, Experiences and Products
Location: Dedham
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
Job Description : We are a group of Disney technologists who
love to work on the latest technology to build new features and
improve existing components of Disney's Online Commerce Platform
specializing in Ticketing Products. We also take pride in building
the next generation of Commerce products for several business units
within the Walt Disney Company. Key Products within Commerce
include Tickets, Annual Passes, Special Events, Park Reservations,
Unified Checkout across many products including Dining and Lodging
across Walt Disney World, Disneyland California, and Disneyland
Paris Responsibilities :
- Lead Architecture, Design and Technical Roadmap of cloud scale
Software Platforms that support a large variety of Disney
Products.
- Mentor a team of Developers and Architects to design, prototype
and develop software.
- Help align stakeholders from all areas - Business, Commercial,
Product, Cross Vertical Technology and Operational Teams.
- Work in an Agile Environment with Detailed Planning and
Estimation accuracy
- Design and implement new software systems, build distributed
systems with efficiency and stability in mind.
- Lead design reviews with peers and partners to build the right
solution using available technologies or solutions that caters to
the best Guest and Cast Experience
- Identify areas of improvement in our application ecosystem and
patterns of repeated problems proposing solutions that can be
applied globally.
- Set Architecture best practices to improve scalability,
performance, and availability based on technical and business
considerations
- Analyze user requirements and define non-functional
requirements (scalability, reliability, performance, throughput,
availability, security, and maintainability).
- Develop proof of concepts and prototypes for innovative
technologies and new business needs.
- Maximize the Return on Investment on Projects by building
scalable and performant software systems
- Participate in Brainstorming Phases of Large-Scale Efforts
within Commerce and other areas of Disney Parks and Experience
Products. Basic Qualifications :
- 10+ years' experience in Software Development
- Experience within a fast-paced, software application delivery,
and product launch environment
- Hand-on Experience with:
- Modern JavaScript-based applications and development frameworks
such as Angular, Node.js, jQuery.
- Creating dynamic mobile friendly web apps that are
cross-browser/cross-platform compatible.
- RESTful Web Services
- Jenkins and GIT
- TDD and writing unit tests.
- Web components
- UI Optimization, Automation, and Performance Tuning
- Familiarity working with Mobile Web Views
- Experience with AWS Suite (Service Management and Deployments,
EC2 and ECS Containers, Elastic Search Caching, Lambdas, DynamoDB,
MariaDB/MySQL, Kinesis, Developer Tools)
- Development Experience with expectation of 50% or more Code
Engagement and Detailed Knowledge in areas:
- Messaging Patterns (Queuing vs Pub/Sub)
- HTTP/HTTPS protocol knowledge
- Relational Database knowledge (Primary keys, Indexes, Foreign
keys, SQL)
- Basic cryptographic knowledge (symmetric/asymmetric encryption
mechanisms)
- Web-based application security mechanisms (OAuth, HMAC)
- Knowledge of RESTful architectural style
- Experience writing API specifications
- Experience troubleshooting performance issues
- Hands-on Knowledge on Design Patterns - Great understanding in
the following design patterns: Singleton, Factory, Observer,
Builder, Adapter, Publisher/Subscriber, Decorator.
- Hands On Knowledge on Data Structures - Using Lists, Sets,
Maps, Linked Lists, Queues, Stacks.
- Hands-on Knowledge of Algorithms- solve coding problems on
whiteboard, Big O notation, time, and space complexity of the
algorithms.
- Hands On Knowledge on Design and Architecture principles -
Scalability, High Availability, Resiliency, Fault Tolerance,
Redundancy, Reusability, Interoperability, Performance, Security,
Maintainability, Cost optimization. Preferred Qualifications :
- Knowledge of Android or iOS Development:
- Swift, SwiftUI, Interface Builder, and Cocoa Touch, iOS
back-end services
- Kotlin (Coroutines, Jetpack, Cocoa Pods, Carthage)
- Familiarity with Firebase Test Lab, Sauce Labs Test Cloud, or
AWS Device Farm Required Education :
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or
Related Disciplines, or Equivalent Professional Experience
Preferred Education :
- Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or
Related Disciplines, or Equivalent Professional Experience
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