Sr. Data Engineer
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10153857 Location Bengaluru, India Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Jun. 15, 2026Job Summary:
About the Team
We are a global media and technology organization building the data platforms that power entertainment, sports, streaming, and advertising products loved by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Our Data Platforms team, part of a large Enterprise Technology organization, manages the entire data engineering lifecycle — from ingestion and transformation to data products consumed by Data Science, Analytics, and Product teams.
We are establishing Bangalore as a Strategic Engineering Hub and are looking for high-caliber data engineers at various levels from Junior data engineer to Sr Manager to join us in building the next generation of data platform. Serve various use cases involving marketing, entertainment, product data telemetry. You will work on petabyte-scale datasets, collaborate with US-based counterparts, and own the design and delivery of business-critical data pipelines, storage, processing layers.
What We Are Looking For
Experience
5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience building large-scale data pipelines in a production environment.
Industry background: Previous experience at a top-tier technology company, global product company, or data-intensive organization where you have worked with large-scale (TB to PB) datasets.
Demonstrated track record of owning and delivering complex data engineering solutions end-to-end, from design to production.
Technical Skills — Required
Python and Scala: Strong programming fundamentals in both languages; ability to write clean, efficient, production-grade code.
Apache Spark / PySpark: Hands-on experience building distributed data processing jobs at scale.
Databricks: Practical experience building, scheduling, and operating pipelines on Databricks (Delta Lake, Databricks workflows, Unity Catalog preferred).
Cloud — AWS: Strong familiarity with core AWS services: S3, EMR, EC2, Glue, IAM; experience building and deploying cloud-native data solutions.
SQL & MPP databases: Advanced SQL skills; hands-on experience with at least one MPP or cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery).
Orchestration: Experience with Apache Airflow or equivalent workflow orchestration tools for managing complex pipeline DAGs.
Data Modelling: Solid grasp of data modelling concepts — dimensional modelling, star/snowflake schemas, data vault, or domain-oriented modelling.
Micro-services: Working knowledge on micro-services development.
About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world’s most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.
Disney’s ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.
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 (India) Private Limited, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
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