Software Engineer II
The Walt Disney Company2 days ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$125k - $167k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and operate intelligent production systems using real-time signals and AI-driven detection to improve streaming platform and service health.
- Build agentic AI systems using foundation models, predictive models, and anomaly detection for real-time reliability insights.
- Develop end-to-end pipelines that transform telemetry, logs, and user signals into automated detection, root-cause analysis, and actionable insights.
- Create and deploy scalable APIs and services that provide predictive signals, explainability, and operational insights.
- Build infrastructure visibility and compliance enforcement systems that aggregate resource data and prevent non-compliant deployments.
- Embed AI-driven intelligence into incident response, release validation, and customer insight workflows.
- Contribute to observability, reliability, and developer productivity innovation while delivering features end-to-end and owning production components.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of applicable backend development experience, including AI-powered or data-driven applications and scalable APIs.
- Knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture for measuring and evaluating infrastructure reliability and compliance.
- Practical AI/ML engineering experience in agentic workflows or traditional machine learning.
- Experience with frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph, or with PyTorch or TensorFlow, depending on the AI/ML focus.
- Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.
- Experience with GitHub, Docker, and cloud-native deployments using AWS/EKS.
- Strong understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and standard software development workflows.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, rapid-iteration, collaboration, and technical communication skills.
- Preferred: experience with Datadog, Grafana, Conviva, high-volume telemetry, PySpark, Pandas, Databricks, Snowflake, prompt design, model evaluation, or foundation-model fine-tuning.
- Preferred: experience implementing production-grade systems at scale in distributed environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Full-time position based in New York, NY, with a stated annual base-pay hiring range of $124,900.00 to $167,400.00.
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be included in the compensation package.
- Medical, financial, and other benefits may be provided depending on the level and position.
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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.