Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Disney Streaming
The Walt Disney Company1 day ago
Glendale, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
Base Salary
$142k - $199k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain machine learning algorithms for personalization, recommendations, and predictive systems.
- Lead recommendation and personalization algorithm research, development, deployment, and production maintenance.
- Build and maintain ETL pipelines with orchestration tools such as Airflow and Jenkins.
- Deploy scalable streaming and batch data pipelines supporting petabyte-scale datasets.
- Establish and maintain standards for algorithm development, testing, and deployment.
- Identify personalization opportunities and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, business, and Editorial stakeholders.
- Help set the roadmap for algorithmic personalization and recommendation initiatives.
- Explain methodologies to both technical and non-technical teams.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience developing machine learning models, performing large-scale data analysis, and/or doing data engineering.
- At least 5 years of experience writing production-level, scalable Python and SQL code.
- At least 3 years of experience developing algorithms for production deployment.
- In-depth understanding of modern machine learning, including deep learning methods, models, and mathematical foundations.
- Experience deploying and maintaining pipelines and engineering big-data solutions with technologies such as Databricks, S3, and Spark.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related quantitative field.
- Preferred: MS or PhD in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or a related quantitative field.
- Preferred: production experience developing content recommendation algorithms at scale.
- Preferred: experience building full-stack ML pipelines covering data extraction, data mining, model training, feature development, testing, and deployment.
- Preferred: familiarity with metadata management, data lineage, data governance, and cloud-hosted database querying.
- Preferred: experience with AWS and Databricks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- Full-time employment with a bonus and/or long-term incentive units potentially included in the compensation package.
- Medical, financial, and other benefits may be provided depending on the level and position offered.
- On-site work requiring four days per week in person at a designated office location.
- The role is available in New York, NY or Santa Monica, CA.
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About The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is a diversified entertainment business that produces films and television, operates theme parks and resorts, and runs streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. It earns revenue from subscriptions and advertising, theatrical distribution, licensing and merchandise, and park admissions and experiences. Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Burbank, California, Disney owns brands such as Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Studios and serves audiences worldwide.