The Walt Disney Company

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: SeattleCaliforniaWashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $148,700 - $199,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Drive innovation and apply state of the art AI and machine learning across advertising domains, including inventory forecasting, ad experience, ad pacing, pricing, targeting, and efficient ad delivery
  • 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 5 years of hands-on experience developing and deploying large-scale machine learning systems
  • Strong knowledge of AI/ML technologies, mathematics and statistics
  • Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and numerical optimization with experience in programming languages such as Python (primary), Java and SQL
  • Familiarity with tools and frameworks such as TensorFlow, Pytorch, Hugging libraries etc
  • Proven proficiency in deep learning methodologies, including recurrent and sequence-based models
  • Hands-on experience with transformer architectures (e.g., BERT, GPT, ViT) for natural language and vision tasks
  • Strong understanding of multimodal embedding techniques for integrating text, image, audio, and structured data
  • Experience with LLM models such as GPT models, Claude, Gemini, Llama, etc
  • Strong grasp of LLM evaluation methodologies, experience with RAG architectures
  • A proven track record of thriving in a fast-paced, data-driven, and collaborative work environment is required.
Benefits
  • A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
  • Full range of medical benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
mentoringengineering excellencecontinuous learningtechnical growthcollaborationproblem-solvinginnovationadaptabilitycommunicationleadership