At Disney, we're storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company 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 streaming, theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a dedication to crafting and delivering unforgettable experiences - and we're constantly looking for innovative ways to improve these exciting experiences.
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our organization drives competitive advantage by improving our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.
You will be working in a sophisticated, fast-paced and innovative environment, with other like-minded architects, engineers and product managers. Our architects and engineers are diverse, smart, curious, innovative, solutions-oriented, respectful, highly collaborative and continuous learners.
As an Associate Software Engineer you will work within the Core Systems and Platforms (CSP) Organization under the Financial Value Chain business solutions area. Finance Value Chains will be delivering Priority Business Solutions aligned with the enterprise architecture for the Finance, Tax and Treasury Value Chains. This Associate Software Engineer position is a critical technology role, responsible for crafting and developing software primarily IBM Cognos Analytics and Planning Analytics.
Specifically this role will be responsible for developing software for:

• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Long-Range Planning
• Annual Operating Plan
• Forecasts

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and test highly scalable and flexible software solutions with focus on integrations and reporting between financial systems
• Translate business requirements to design specification
• Develop, test and deploy reports and dashboards in planning and analytics software
• Solve critical incidents by conducting root cause analysis and identifying solutions
• Partner with architects, business architects and business systems analysts and other software and data engineers on project teams, following Solutions Architecture model

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience in one or more related areas, i.e. SQL, Business Intelligence, Financial Reporting, Machine Learning, Data Science, and ETL
• Background in and strong understanding of broad financial systems architecture and data flow
• Business orientation (Accounting and Finance) combined with strong IT technical skills
• Wide experience with Software Development Lifecycle methodologies across waterfall and agile
• Proven track record completing projects and achieve results in an ambiguous work environment
• Must have technical knowledge to be able to work with other teams, including third parties, Enterprise applications and infrastructure teams
• Good communication and presentation skills, both oral and written. Ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
• Ability to tackle complex problems
• Innovative thinking and embraces innovation by constantly seeking new or contrary ideas and approaches to what has been done in the past
• Teamwork skills and ability to establish and manage effective working relationships in a matrixed interpersonal structure
• Results oriented, biased toward action

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in test-driven software development
• Experience with integration design using data integration best practices including APIs, Messaging Bus, Pub-Sub, ETL
• Ability to works independently on certain tasks
• Keeps proficient in new technologies and successful sharing with peers and introducing new technologies
• Demonstrates stamina, resilience and perseverance under trying circumstances

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $93,398 to $125,290 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.