Principal Data Engineer

Job ID 10139465 Location Orlando, Florida, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Mar. 02, 2026

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Job Summary:

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

At Disney Experiences Technology, we design and deliver more than 400 digital and physical products that bring Disney stories to life in unexpected ways. From theme parks and resorts to cruise ships and beyond, our global team of technologists, designers, and innovators creates seamless, immersive experiences that delight millions of Guests and Cast Members around the world.

The Disney Signature Experiences and Data team delivers innovative technology solutions across Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, and our global tour businesses. We support Guest and Crew experiences at sea, enable commercial growth through digital platforms, and lead the segment’s data strategy. With a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and strategic expansion, we build systems that support immersive experiences and unlock new opportunities for growth.

Data Platform – This role is on the Data Platform team, which builds and manages the data architecture, governance, and engineering capabilities that power insights and decision-making across Disney Experiences. We are looking for a Principal Solution Architect on the Reference Architecture team to lead the design vision of data products and solutions. You will lead all aspects of assigned data initiatives working with multiple engineering and product teams.

What You Will Do:

Define and/or influence the design, development, and roadmap of highly scalable software systems and applications

Create, maintain, and evangelize data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices to ensure alignment with established principles and technologies

Architect end-to-end data pipelines from ingestion through consumption layers that support business requirements and analytical needs

Facilitate work, intake discussions to ensure solutions are well-architected to meet standards and requirements (e.g., SLA, resiliency, security, and privacy requirements)

Provide architectural input for the scope, estimation, prioritization, and planning of highly sophisticated scalable projects and their budget allocations

Create and maintain clear communication, documents, and diagrams that define, guide, and influence engineering and product teams

Lead projects that may be used in commercial and end-user applications, focusing on software and tools supporting infrastructure and technology platforms

Continuously monitor and evaluate emerging technologies within your area of expertise to drive informed decision-making and recommendations

Foster and maintain productive engagement with executive leadership and partners to ensure solutions are right-sized and strategically aligned to the overall data strategy and architecture principles

Required Qualifications & Skills:

10+ years of experience with the delivery of data solutions

Expertise in current programming languages and technologies, with strong skills in writing code and programming tasks

Deep technical expertise in data, platforms, and tools—including AWS, Snowflake, dbt, SQL & SQL optimization, data modeling, Python, RESTful APIs, near real-time stream processing, ETL & ELT approaches, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CDK)

Strong problem solving and influencing skills, able to critically think through and elegantly address logic problems with code

Ability to navigate in the gray easily and work independently to guide the design and implementation of solutions and strategies

Excellent communicator and partnership skills with the ability to interface and influence across the organization, including executives

Experience creating architectural diagrams and artifacts that clearly and consistently define solutions used by product managers and engineering teams

Ability to create reference implementations used as initial working solutions
Solid grasp and believer of agile development approaches, including DevOps concepts

Preferred Qualifications& Skills:

Experience working in the hospitality, travel, or entertainment industry

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

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About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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