Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10112778 Location Seattle, Washington, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States / New York, New York, United States Business Disney Direct to Consumer Date posted Apr. 01, 2025Job Summary:
About Direct To Consumer
Disney’s Direct to Consumer group seeks a talented and creative data engineer/scientist. In order to build and deploy Data Science models at the scale and velocity required for Personalization, Forecasting, Marketing, Content/User Segmentation, and other services at the user and session level at various timescales, our Data Scientists work with ML Engineers to build data ingestion pipelines and robust prediction modeling infrastructure. This is a high impact role where your work informs decisions affecting millions of consumers, with a direct tie to The Walt Disney Company’s revenue. It spans a broad range of subject areas, including analyzing fan engagement and marketing, personalization, predicting future consumer behavior, and optimizing content. We are a tight data-driven team with big goals seeking people who solve the toughest challenges at scale, using and building distributed systems in a fast-paced collaborative team environment.
In this position, you will:
- Work together with data scientists to build and deploy models
- Leverage your in-depth knowledge of data science models to optimize them
- Develop the infrastructure required to build machine learning models at scale
- Build products/algorithms that will be used by millions of D+, E+ and Hulu subscribers
- Build and maintain self-service tools for Data Science
- Present your research and insights clearly and concisely to all levels of the company
- Collaborate across the org including Science, Engineering, Product and Operations
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years experience driving business impact with data engineering
- Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
- Expertise with common languages Python, SQL and a proven ability to learn new programming languages
- Expertise with Spark, Snowflake and related big data tools
- Experience deploying and optimizing machine learning flows, models, and frameworks (Scikit-Learn, Pytorch, Keras, OpenAI etc.) in AWS platforms at scale
- Experience working with data subject to privacy, governance and legal policies
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years experience driving business impact with data engineering
- Experience with Scala, Java, Apache, Kafka, Hadoop, Redis or SQS
- Proficiency with Databricks and Snowflake in complex AWS environments
- Proficiency with DevOps and CI/CD using tech like Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins and Github actions
- Exerience with Agile environment
- Experience with data science feature marts
- Understanding of recent developments in LLMs, vector embeddings, and transformers
- Strong data anaysis and visualizations skills to convey information and results clearly
- Experience applying math and statistical methods to data, including probabilistic thinking and programming
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Impactful presentation skills in front of a large and diverse audience.
Additional Information
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The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $138,900 to $186,200 per year. The hiring range in Seattle, WA and New York City, NY is $145,400 - $195,000, and the range in San Francisco, CA is $152,100 - 203,900. 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.
About Disney Direct to Consumer:
Disney’s Direct to Consumer team oversees the Hulu and Disney+ streaming businesses within Disney Entertainment helping to bring The Walt Disney Company’s best-in-class storytelling to fans and families everywhere.
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 Hulu, LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Direct to Consumer.
Hulu, 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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