Lead Product Software Engineer (DevOps)

Overview In this role you will shape the web infrastructure strategy for Disney’s consumer brands, focusing on reliability and scalable delivery. You will align with engineering leaders to standardize web stacks and accelerate feature delivery across the N&E Alliance. As a growth role, you will mentor engineers toward an architectural path and drive high-impact cloud-based services. You help ensure performance and resilience while supporting key business priorities and OKRs. Compensation / Benefitsbonus and/or long-term incentive unitsmedical benefitsfinancial benefits ResponsibilitiesDefine and execute long-term technical strategy across brand sites with emphasis on reliability, observability, and business prioritiesResearch and promote standardized architecture patterns and engineering standardsProvide high-level technical guidance and mentoring to senior engineers; conduct design reviews with P5-level leadsEnsure platform performance, scalability, and resiliency of mission-critical cloud servicesInfluence department-wide technical planning and manage technical risks for critical projects Key requirements7+ years of software engineering or architecture experienceStrong web architecture expertise (HTTP, DNS, caching; REST and GraphQL)Hands-on experience building and maintaining high-volume distributed services on AWSProven ability to drive technical decisions across multiple teams and communicate trade-offs to non-technical stakeholdersleadership and mentorshipstakeholder communicationcollaboration across teamsweb architecture principles (HTTP, DNS, caching)REST and GraphQL APIsAWS cloud computing and distributed services