The Walt Disney Company

Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Research

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: SeattleCaliforniaWashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $171,600 - $241,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Develop, optimize, and productionize innovative technologies in generative AI as well as in traditional ML modeling applications.
  • Create, evaluate, improve, optimize technologies.
  • Drive innovation and apply state of the art AI and machine learning across advertising domains.
  • Invent and iterate on novel solutions to complex advertising challenges with rapid prototyping and deployment cycles.
  • Design, build, and scale robust ML systems that power core ad platform capabilities.
  • Champion engineering excellence through best practices in code quality, system design, and operational reliability.
  • Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical growth.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience developing and deploying large-scale machine learning systems.
  • Strong knowledge of AI/ML technologies, mathematics and statistics.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and numerical optimization with experience in programming languages such as Python (primary), Java and SQL.
  • Familiarity with deep learning tools and frameworks such as TensorFlow, Pytorch, Jax, Hugging libraries etc.
  • Experience developing language-processing applications via LLMs or agentic flows.
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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learninggenerative AIAI technologiesmathematicsstatisticsalgorithmsdata structuresnumerical optimizationPythonJava
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationteamworkmentoringcontinuous learningtechnical growth
Certifications
Bachelor's in computer science