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Lead Software Engineer - Scala

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Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Senior level
Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Senior level
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will drive the development and support of microservices within a cloud environment. You’ll mentor engineers, promote Agile methodologies, and collaborate with product teams to ensure successful project outcomes. Your role will involve making architectural decisions and enhancing the consumer identity and access management systems for various Disney services.
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As a Lead Software Engineer within Identity Engineering you will enable a squad of engineers to deliver large, exciting initiatives. You will contribute to and be part of an engaging, dynamic and inclusive engineering organisation.
Lead Software Engineers are empowered to make important architectural decisions and to build a roadmap of future changes working in partnership with peers across Product, Project Management, and Engineering.
We follow Scrum and Agile principles, make use of continuous integration and deployment, believe in phenomenal collaboration, and our motivated by a shared commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
Our team builds and delivers Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) capabilities for The Walt Disney Family of Companies including: Parks and Experiences, Disney+, ESPN, Hulu, Disney Store, ABC, Star Wars, Marvel, NatGeo, and more. To do this we build and run highly available and globally replicated systems that power each customer's journey across our services and experiences.
What You Will Do

  • Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of stateful microservices and lambdas in a multi-region cloud environment.
  • Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban by leading regular ceremonies such as stand-up, retrospectives and sprint planning.
  • Mentor engineers within your squad (and beyond!) to help them improve their technical ability and build their profile within and outside of the organisation.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other business partners to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.


What To Bring

  • Experience with one of these Java Virtual Machine (JVM) languages: Scala, Kotlin or Java.
  • Familiarity with a cloud provider: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Compute (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.
  • A willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies.


Nice To Haves

  • Familiarity with both object oriented programming (OOP), and functional programming (FP) standard methodologies.
  • Familiarity with Terraform, and infrastructure as code (IaC), and DevOps.


The Perks

  • 25 days annual leave.
  • Private medical insurance & dental care.
  • Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free.
  • Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing.
  • Excellent parental and guardian leave.
  • Employee Resource Groups - WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.


The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

Top Skills

Java
Kotlin
Scala

The Walt Disney Company London, England Office

London, United Kingdom

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