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HRIS Developer Intern, Spring 2026

Job ID 10130515 Location Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Oct. 03, 2025
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Job Summary:

About the Role & Program

Join Disney’s HRIS Infrastructure team within Global HR Operations (GHRO), the centralized organization that partners across The Walt Disney Company to deliver personalized HR services to 200,000+ employees and Cast Members worldwide.  We design and operate secure, scalable platforms that power data integration and unlock insights for informed decision‑making across regions.  In alignment with GHRO’s technology-enabled tools and streamlined practices, we uphold global IT and security standards, rigorously safeguard data, and cultivate strategic partnerships that enable efficient and sustainable growth.  Rooted in GHRO’s reputation for excellence and its forward-looking mindset, our team constantly innovates for “what’s next,” ensuring our HR systems remain resilient, compliant, and ready for the future.

If selected for this internship, you will report to a Senior HRIS Developer.

The dates of this internship are January 2026 through June 2026, with the possibility of extension for a full year. 

What You Will Do

As an HRIS Developer Intern, you will support the development of secure, scalable HR platforms that enable personalized employee experiences across regions through technology-enabled tools and streamlined practices.  Your work will focus on ensuring data integrity and integration across enterprise HR systems, utilizing structured testing and light automation, providing clear documentation, and fostering a close partnership with HRIS and Organizational Management teams to deliver reliable and compliant solutions.

Core Duties and Accountabilities:

  • Execute data validation and audit checks to keep Workday, SAP, and downstream integrations aligned; investigate discrepancies and support fixes under mentorship.

  • Support integration and application testing for enhancements, fixes, and releases; create test scenarios, document results, and log issues for resolution. 

  • Build and maintain lightweight queries or scripts to automate repeatable tasks that enhance team throughput, adhering to GHRO and IT standards.

  • Create user-facing materials, such as job aids, how-to guides, and process communications, that enable self-service and facilitate change adoption.

  • Partner with HRIS, Org Management, and regional GHRO teams to triage issues, capture requirements, and support delivery through GHRO’s regional service model.

  • Help protect data privacy and access by adhering to security and compliance controls; assist with basic access and audit readiness tasks as directed.

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Comfortable working with relational databases and SQL in practical scenarios: write queries to select, filter, aggregate, and join data across multiple tables; interpret simple ERDs; define primary/foreign keys and fundamental constraints.

  • Experience using one or more programming languages (for example, C#, Python, or JavaScript) to solve problems or automate tasks; understanding of core object‑oriented concepts.

  • Exposure to web or API fundamentals: HTTP methods, REST, JSON; ability to read an API spec and make basic requests using a tool like Postman or a simple script.

  • Familiarity with data integration/ETL concepts; ability to read or design simple data mappings.

  • Strong analytical and debugging skills with close attention to data accuracy and edge cases.

  • Clear written communication: able to document steps, results, and recommendations for technical and non‑technical partners.

  • Interest in HR technology and data privacy; willingness to follow established security and compliance practices.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

  • Intermediate SQL proficiency: multi‑table joins, subqueries/CTEs, window functions, set operations; understanding of normalization vs. denormalization; awareness of indexing and basic query performance considerations; comfort with transactions and constraints.

  • Coursework or project experience building or contributing to web applications using ASP.NET/C# or Python (Flask/Django), or front‑end frameworks (React/Angular); exposure to unit testing and secure coding basics.

  • Familiarity with version control (Git) and collaborative workflows (branches and pull requests).

  • Awareness of cloud fundamentals (Azure or AWS) and how apps use managed databases, storage, and identity.

  • Exposure to enterprise HR systems (Workday, SAP) or interest in the HRIS domain.

Education

Currently enrolled as a Junior or Senior, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related technical field.

By the internship start date, successful completion of:

  • An Intro to Databases or Database Systems course that covers relational modeling, keys and constraints, ER diagrams, and SQL for selection, filtering, aggregation, and joins.

  • A two‑course programming sequence (for example, CS I and CS II) covering object‑oriented programming in C#, Python, Java, or similar.

Preferred completion:

  • Additional coursework in one or more of the following: Advanced Databases or SQL, Data Modeling and Normalization, Web Application Development (for example, ASP.NET/C#, Flask/Django, HTML5/JavaScript), APIs and Web Services, Software Engineering, or Cloud Fundamentals.

  • Coursework or labs using a major RDBMS such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements: 

  • Be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program

  • Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.

  • Be at least 18 years of age

  • Possess unrestricted work authorization

Additional Information

  • The approximate dates of this internship are January 2026 through June 2026

  • Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work

  • Fully available from Monday-Friday for the duration of the internship, 40 hours per week

  • The role operates in an active hybrid format, with multiple days each week designated for remote work.

Florida Housing

We provide limited housing opportunities for Florida-based Professional Interns through American Campus Communities, for more information click here.


The pay rate for this internship in Florida is $30 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

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About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

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 Disney HR Strategies & Services, LLC, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

Disney HR Strategies & Services, 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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