Sr Machine Learning Engineer
The Walt Disney Company2 months ago
Orlando, FL, USASenior
Base Salary
$135k - $181k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own CI/CD pipelines, model and agent versioning, automated deployment, rollback, and release management for AI/ML systems.
- Build monitoring and observability for model and agent performance, drift, data quality, latency, cost, and reliability.
- Develop and operationalize production-scale agentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration platforms.
- Manage the full AI/ML lifecycle from implementation and testing through deployment and continuous operational monitoring.
- Design Responsible AI frameworks covering hallucination detection, safety guardrails, evaluation, and observability.
- Establish evaluation frameworks for LLMs and agent-based systems, including quality, task success, safety, and operational effectiveness measurements.
- Apply MLOps and LLMOps practices such as infrastructure-as-code, reproducibility, automated testing, and environment parity.
- Partner with product managers, data scientists, application teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to define requirements and deliver solutions.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across AI development, LLMOps, quality assurance, and production deployment.
- Communicate technical strategy and progress to executive leadership and resolve complex technical blockers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, machine learning, mathematical sciences, information systems, software, electrical or electronics engineering, or a comparable field, and/or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of experience designing, building, and deploying AI/ML solutions at scale.
- At least 1–2 years of production experience with generative AI technologies.
- Hands-on production experience with MLOps/LLMOps, CI/CD pipelines, model and agent monitoring, versioning, observability, and lifecycle management.
- Production deployment experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP and the ability to architect, scale, and operate cloud-native ML solutions.
- Expert-level Python proficiency and strong knowledge of AI/ML development ecosystems.
- Strong knowledge of statistical modeling, supervised and unsupervised learning, classification, regression, clustering, and deep learning.
- Advanced prompt engineering skills and production experience deploying and maintaining LLMs and multimodal models.
- Preferred experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, vector databases, and embedding technologies.
- Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, technical leadership, and cross-functional influence skills.
- A master’s degree or Ph.D. in artificial intelligence, machine learning, mathematical sciences, computer science, information systems, software, electrical or electronics engineering, or a comparable field is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time, in-office position in Orlando, Florida.
- Medical, financial, and other benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package.
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided depending on the level and position offered.
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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.