Lead Data Engineer
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10164576 Emplacement Lake Buena Vista, Floride, États-Unis Entreprise The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date de publication 05/11/2026Résumé du poste:
The Disney Decision Science and Integration (DDSI) team leverages advanced technologies, data analytics, and scientific approaches such as optimization, and statistical modeling to build innovative tools that shape business decisions across The Walt Disney Company. We support Disney Entertainment (ABC, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney+, Hulu), ESPN, Disney Experiences (Theme Parks, Cruise Line, Consumer Products, DVC), and Corporate Finance with strategic applications that enable data-driven decision-making.
This is not a remote role. This team works in office.
What You Will Do
You will be responsible for planning and leading research and development related to advanced analytic data solutions, leveraging GenAI. You will work with business and technology leaders to understand scope and requirements, business needs, and data from across the Disney company in order to design and deliver the data pipelines necessary for our solutions. You will partner with the Decision Science Products, Decision Science, and client teams on critical projects. Other activities include planning, estimating, design, development, testing, production rollout and sustainment activities. You will also need to consult and collaborate with project team members, lead design reviews, do hands-on development, and communicate with colleagues and leaders.
Required Qualifications & Skills
7+ years overall experience in a data engineering development capacity using multiple environments (Dev, QA, Prod, etc.) and DevOps procedures for code deployment/promotion
Experience translating project scope and high-level requirements into technical data engineering tasks
Experience defining solutions to sophisticated data engineering problems in support of advanced analytic processes
Experience with a variety of GenAI models, tools, and concepts
Understanding of Knowledge Graphs, Data Mesh, and other data sharing platforms
3+ years using, designing and building relational databases (preferably Snowflake or PostgreSQL)
3+ years of experience leading and deploying code using a source control product such as GitLab/GitHub
2+ years of experience with job scheduling software like Apache Airflow, Amazon MWAA, GitLab Runners or UC4
Experience collaborating with multiple project teams in a fast-paced environment
Experience with defining and estimating level-of-effort data engineering activities
Experience with project and sprint planning
Ability to communicate technical concepts and solutions to non-technical team members
Experience designing and building data structures to support requirements
Multiple years of experience with ELT/ETL data pipeline development and maintenance
Multiple years of shown experience and expertise using SQL and Python
Experience using containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
Proven ability to work collaboratively in a multi-team environment
Preferred Qualifications
Experience leading development of GenAI based systems including model selection, pipeline orchestration and deployment strategies
Experience defining GenAI architectures
Knowledgeable with Disney Parks attendance, reservations and/or products
Experience with cloud based technologies, preferably AWS EMR, EC2, and S3
Experience with advanced Snowflake offerings such as Snowpark, Data Exchange, Data Marketplace and Snowpipe
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience
Disclaimer
PAY TRANSPARENCY
This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).
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