Senior Software Engineer, Insights Reporting & AI

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Software Engineer who is passionate about leveraging product insights to uncover trends through innovative analysis, advanced machine learning & artificial intelligence models, and optimized engineering processes. In this role, you will partner across the business to build innovative and advanced tooling to empower partner teams with insights into the performance and behavior of their services, applications, and products to ultimately enhance customer experience.

Engineering Services designs, builds, and sustains technology that powers DE&E Technology's worldwide content production and distribution platforms. In doing so, they contribute to a series of cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality Assurance, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast Infrastructure, and Networking & Security.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain production level models to monitor critical datasets and engineering services in streaming and batch
• Build and experiment with new model frameworks, machine learning approaches, and artificial intelligence best practices
• Create and deploy scalable API endpoints to provide predictive scores and explainability feedback
• Serve as a technical leader on the team, providing mentorship and technical best practices
• Understand engineering infrastructure and business processes that power critical systems
• Collaborate cross-functionally with various teams and verticals
• Discover opportunities for innovation and improvements across the entire engineering space

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience
• Python, Spark, or Pyspark is required
• High familiarity with data platforms and applications such as Databricks, Jupyter, Snowflake, Redshift, Airflow
• Applied experience of frameworks like PyTorch, Keras, Tensorflow, etc
• Experience operating in an SDLC environment and deploying production engineering models and code
• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Experience with Agile methodologies and using tools such as Jira
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading best practices and technical implementations at production scale
• Familiarity with data platforms and infrastructure such as MySQL, Datadog, Conviva
• Knowledge of API design and microservices architecture
• Experience in the streaming industry, knowledge of client and server-side architecture is a plus

The Walt Disney Company offers a competitive total rewards package that includes pay, health and savings benefits, time-off programs, educational opportunities, and more.