The Walt Disney Company

Sr Machine Learning Engineer

The Walt Disney Company
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2 months ago
Seattle, WA, USA or Santa Monica, CA, USASenior

Base Salary

$142k - $199k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and test rule-based or ML-based ad-selection logic in high-throughput, low-latency microservices.
  • Enhance system observability through metrics, monitors, and alerts.
  • Translate product user stories into actionable tasks for frontend and backend components.
  • Own one or more team domain areas and contribute to scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.
  • Apply ML models online and offline and define technical and operational metrics to manage system health and risk.
  • Use automated AI tools according to company policy.
  • Participate in on-call rotations under the team’s escalation policy and support schedule.
  • Communicate and collaborate across teams, mentor others, and work effectively in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or relevant work experience.
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, specifically including machine learning experience.
  • Proficiency with Java.
  • Experience with large-scale ML/DL platforms and processing technologies, including tools such as scikit-learn, Spark MLlib, and PyTorch.
  • Experience developing LLM-based applications with providers such as AWS Bedrock, Azure Cognitive Services, or Google Vertex AI.
  • Experience with LangGraph, Crew AI, or Strands SDK for agent development.
  • Experience with vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills.
  • Strong knowledge of AI/ML technologies and mathematical and statistical concepts.
  • Preferred experience with Spring Boot, DynamoDB, Redis, ValKey, MemCache, Apache Kafka, Kinesis, AWS, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Ad tech domain knowledge is preferred.

Benefits

  • Full-time employment with medical, financial, and other benefits dependent on the level and position.
  • Engineers are expected to work in the office four days per week.
  • The role hires in Glendale, Seattle, San Francisco, or Santa Monica.
  • Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided in addition to base compensation.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaApache SparkAWSDockerJavaKubernetesPyTorchRedisscikit-learnSpring BootTerraform
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