
Lead Broadcast Architect
The Walt Disney Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Glendale • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $129,300 - $173,300 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Architect and Deploy AI-Powered Media Solutions
- Design and build production-grade AI systems that integrate with Disney's existing broadcast infrastructure, including media asset management (MAM) systems, master control, and third-party broadcast tools (e.g., Evertz, Skyline DataMiner)
- Develop intelligent workflow automation solutions that bridge legacy broadcast systems with modern AI capabilities, creating seamless data flow between disparate platforms
- Build and deploy APIs and microservices that expose AI capabilities to production teams, enabling real-time insights and decision support during live operations
- Leverage large language models through APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock) and local models to create transformative solutions for content metadata generation, workflow optimization, and operational intelligence
- Design and implement sophisticated prompt engineering strategies and orchestration frameworks (LangChain, Model Context Protocol) to build reliable, production-ready AI applications
- Build and maintain robust MLOps pipelines for model deployment, monitoring, and iteration in cloud environments (AWS/GCP)
- Implement containerized AI services using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and scalability for production broadcast systems
- Establish best practices for model versioning, performance monitoring, and operational reliability
- Partner directly with broadcast engineers, media operations teams, and cross-functional partners to understand workflow challenges and translate them into technical requirements
- Communicate AI capabilities and limitations clearly to non-technical stakeholders, building trust and understanding across the organization
- Prototype and demonstrate new AI capabilities to stakeholders, gathering feedback and iterating rapidly
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated focus on applied AI/ML solutions
- Proven track record of independently designing, building, and deploying software systems that integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure
- Experience working with APIs, databases, and third-party enterprise software systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Familiarity with media asset management (MAM) systems and broadcast workflow tools
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with: Python for production software development
- Building with major LLM APIs (Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, Anthropic, OpenAI) and orchestration frameworks (LangChain, Machine Context Protocol)
- Prompt engineering skills and demonstrated ability to design reliable, production-ready AI applications
- MLOps practices, including model deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines
- Containerization (Docker) and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes)
- Cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS or GCP), including deploying and managing AI services in production environments
- Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Video codecs, streaming protocols, or media standards (e.g., SMPTE)
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonAPIsMLOpsPrompt engineeringContainerizationOrchestration frameworksModel deploymentMonitoringCI/CD pipelinesMedia asset management
Soft Skills
CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingFeedback gatheringTrust building
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Software Engineering