The Walt Disney Company is hiring a Full-Stack Developer to bring stability, predictability, and technical excellence to a complex environment supporting 15+ stakeholder departments and maintaining ~20 internal business applications. You will take ownership of core applications, translate stakeholder needs into solutions, and tackle challenging technical problems.

What You'll Do

Lead core development in designing, building, and maintaining critical internal web applications using React, Django, and Python.
Systematically work through the application backlog to deliver high-priority features and improvements with high-quality, tested code.
Act as a technical leader and mentor, sharing best practices through code reviews, pair programming, and establishing standards.
Troubleshoot, support, maintain, and strategically modernize legacy applications (including PHP, Ruby, etc.).
Collaborate directly with 15+ stakeholder departments to understand needs and translate them into clear technical requirements.
Participate in architectural decisions and 'build vs. buy' analysis for new projects to ensure scalable and maintainable solutions.
Be a role model for the collaborative, 2-week Agile sprint process, focusing on accurate estimation and shipping value.

What We're Looking For

3+ years of proven experience building, shipping, and maintaining complex, data-driven web applications in a production environment.
Deep mastery of Python and the Django framework, including building complex features and optimizing performance.
Proven experience in the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance, scalable, and secure APIs (RESTful/GraphQL).
Proficiency in a modern JavaScript-based framework (ideally React) and superset language like TypeScript.
Ability and willingness to read, understand, and refactor legacy code, including in languages like PHP or Ruby.
Exceptional, clear, and proactive communication skills for collaborating with technical peers and non-technical stakeholders.
Pragmatic problem-solving attitude with ability to context-shift and manage competing priorities.
BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

Experience integrating AI features into web solutions, including LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini) and modern AI/LLM development stack (LangChain, LlamaIndex).
Understanding of vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma).
Past experience in a VFX/Animation production environment, especially with Autodesk Shotgrid/Flow Production Tracking.
Solid understanding of data engineering principles (ETL/ELT, data modeling).
Familiarity with securing web applications and services with modern authentication/authorization principles (SSO, OAuth 2.0).
Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes) and deploying to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
Experience using coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) and interest in helping the team develop best practices.

Technical Stack

React, Django, Python, TypeScript, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, PHP, Ruby
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Vector Databases
Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP

Team & Environment

You will be part of the Information Services (InfoServ) team supporting 15+ stakeholder departments. You'll join a collaborative team using a customized 2-week Agile sprint process.