Lead Machine Learning Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Lead Machine Learning Engineer driving algorithm research and development for Disney's streaming services. Collaborating across teams to enhance user experience through personalization and recommendation features.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeGlendale • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $148,700 - $199,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowETLJenkinsPythonSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Utilize cutting edge machine learning methods to develop algorithms for personalization, recommendation, and other predictive systems; maintain algorithms deployed to production and be the point person in explaining methodologies to technical and non-technical teams
Develop and maintain ETL pipelines using orchestration tools such as Airflow and Jenkins; deploy scalable streaming and batch data pipelines to support petabyte scale datasets
Maintain existing and establish new algorithm development, testing, and deployment standards
Identify and define new personalization opportunities and work with other data teams to improve how we do data collection, experimentation and analysis

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience developing machine learning models, performing large-scale data analysis, and/or data engineering experience
5+ years writing production-level, scalable code (Python, SQL)
3+ years of experience developing algorithms for deployment to production systems
Led complex projects and mentored team members
In-depth understanding of modern machine learning (e.g. deep learning methods), models, and their mathematical underpinnings
Experience deploying and maintaining pipelines and in engineering big-data solutions using technologies like Databricks, S3, and Spark
Ability to gauge the complexity of machine learning problems and a willingness to execute simple approaches for quick, effective solutions as appropriate
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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 learningETLdata analysisPythonSQLalgorithm developmentdeep learningbig-data solutionsdata pipelinesscalable code

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringproject leadershipproblem-solving