Senior Data Scientist

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

Posted on: 9/22/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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💰 $138,900 - $186,200 per year

Senior

AirflowPythonScikit-LearnSparkSQLTensorflow

About the role

Improve title-level content engagement forecasting models and create models for content targeting
Apply state of the art machine learning and statistical analysis to develop models related to opportunity sizing, targeting, and optimization
Analyze user behavioral data to identify patterns, uncover opportunities, and create common understanding of how people are interacting with the service and content
Develop prototype solutions, mathematical models, algorithms, and robust analytics leading to impactful insights communicated clearly and visually
Partner closely with business stakeholders to identify and unlock opportunities, and with other data teams to improve platform capabilities around data modeling, data visualization, experimentation and data architecture

Bachelor’s degree in advanced Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science or comparable field of study
5+ years related experience with developing machine learning models and conducting statistical analysis
Deep understanding of machine learning concepts and statistical methods
Ability to draw insights and conclusions from data to inform model development and business decisions
Desire to collaborate with other data scientists, data analysts, and key business partners
Proficient in analyzing data and developing ML models using Python (with ML frameworks like tensorflow, scikit-learn, etc.)
Capable of reading and writing Object-Oriented code to review and implement modeling pipelines (Airflow, Luigi, etc.)
Understanding of SQL and distributed data technologies (Hive, Spark)
NICE TO HAVES: MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Physics or related quantitative field (e.g. Econometrics, Mathematics, Operations Research)
NICE TO HAVES: Working knowledge of Bayesian modeling and familiarity with probabilistic programming packages/language such as Stan, PyMC
NICE TO HAVES: Experience fully integrating data science solutions into the business and operationalizing ML models