Lead Software Engineer, Front End

The Walt Disney CompanySan Francisco, United Stateslast year

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will spearhead the development of the OMS system, guiding its technical direction and ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions. You'll translate business requirements into efficient features while championing engineering best practices and agile principles.

Responsibilities

Lead hands-on UI engineering and collaborate within and across teams to design, architect, and optimize cloud-native and service-oriented UI components and applications.
Foster collaboration to establish API contracts, maintain design system standards, and influence best practices.
Champion quality engineering practices (linting, unit testing, web UI testing, pipeline automation) to enable continuous deployment.
Mentor team members through peer reviews, technical guidance, and creating reference implementations, while defining engineering best practices.
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring seamless user experiences and system stability.
Drive project success by collaborating with product managers to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables.
Apply creative problem-solving and logical reasoning to develop high-performing, scalable web applications.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
7+ years of experience in web application development.
Strong understanding of fundamental software design patterns and modern frameworks.
Expertise with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js/Remix.run, Redux, TailwindCSS/SCSS, and Web APIs, including reactive programming and REST patterns.
Proficiency in designing performant RESTful services using SQL/NoSQL databases, Kafka, Kinesis, and Redis.
Deep knowledge of DevOps tools (AWS, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes) and observability practices.
Proven experience in Agile and Lean development environments with a commitment to quality engineering.
Strong communication skills and attention to detail, ensuring pixel-perfect implementation and cross-browser compatibility.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline.
Previous work experience in digital advertising
Passion for Disney’s storytelling legacy and curiosity for innovation.
Experience building Order Management Systems supporting Quote-to-Cash, and past experience working on Design Systems

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Is the Lead Software Engineer, Front End position at The Walt Disney Company remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Frontend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
When was this Lead Software Engineer, Front End job posted?: This listing was posted on May 1, 2025 and is still open for applications.
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