Lead Software Engineer – AI Core Engineering
The Walt Disney Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Glendale • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $141,900 - $190,300 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzurePython
About the role
- Drive the design, development, and scaling of AI Core Capabilities that accelerate AI adoption across Ad Technology.
- Guide the creation of shared agents, registries, initializers, and web-based solutions.
- Ensure AI integration is consistent, safe, and efficient across the organization.
- Set patterns, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with infra, data, and product teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (Master’s preferred), or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 1+ years in technical leadership roles.
- Strong proficiency in Python and backend frameworks; experience building scalable APIs and SDKs.
- Hands-on with LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude) and orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph).
- Experience integrating with enterprise AI services such as AWS Bedrock or Azure AI Foundry.
- Strong knowledge of AI safety, governance, and evaluation practices.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive cross-team adoption of shared solutions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex technical concepts to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience conducting code reviews and enforcing best practices for maintainability, security, and performance.
- Proven ability to mentor and coach engineers, providing feedback, guidance, and technical growth opportunities.
- Experience with system design and architecture discussions, including trade-off analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions (infra, data, security, product) to align on shared solutions.
Benefits
- Medical, financial, and/or other benefits dependent on level and position offered
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Pythonbackend frameworksscalable APIsSDKsLLM APIsOpenAIAnthropicClaudeLangChainLangGraph
Soft skills
mentoringcross-team collaborationwritten communicationverbal communicationtechnical explanationcode reviewsbest practices enforcementguidancecoachingcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in EngineeringMaster’s degree in related technical field