Lead Engineer – AI/ML
The Walt Disney Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lake Buena Vista • California, Florida, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $155,700 - $218,700 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonReact
About the role
- Design and own the solution architecture for DDSI's AI/ML solutions, including multi-step agentic workflows, RAG patterns for structured and unstructured data, and MCP-based "smart specialist" services
- Partner with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate complex business needs into viable, scalable, and secure technical solution designs
- Serve as the primary technical liaison between DDSI and the central AI Ecosystem engineering teams, ensuring our solutions are architected for seamless integration and performance on the enterprise platform
- Lead the technical evaluation of new AI frameworks, vendor platforms, and architectural patterns, conducting rapid proof-of-concept builds to prove feasibility and guide technical direction
- Act as a hands-on technical expert and mentor, guiding engineering teams on best practices for building robust, reusable, and maintainable agentic systems
- Create and maintain architectural documentation, including reference architectures and "cookbooks" that enable other teams to leverage DDSI's patterns and services
- Identify and mitigate technical risks in the solution design phase, ensuring long-term scalability and alignment with enterprise technology standards
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering and/or data science
- At least 4+ years in a technical leadership or architecture role focused on AI/ML
- Deep understanding of AI agent architectures, including concepts like planning, memory, and tool integration (e.g., ReAct, RAG, MCP)
- Expertise with the AI/ML ecosystem, including LLM application and agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel)
- Proven full-stack experience designing scalable, services-oriented architectures on a major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, GCP)
- Strong proficiency in core programming languages used in AI/ML (e.g., Python)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and design elegant solutions for complex technical challenges
Benefits
- A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
AI/ML solutionssolution architectureagentic workflowsRAG patternsMCP-based servicesAI frameworksfull-stack developmentcloud platformsPythonscalable architectures
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillstechnical leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationrisk mitigationdocumentationdesign thinkingstakeholder engagement