Sr Data Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a motivated and experienced senior data engineer for the search platform team for our Disney Streaming apps (Disney+, Hulu and Star+). As a data engineer on this team, you will work alongside a team to design, build, and manage scalable data pipelines that power search functionality for Disney Streaming. This team has an enormous impact on millions of users of our streaming applications.

Responsibilities:
• Expand and optimize our search technology's data pipeline architecture to enhance the user experience for Disney Streaming customers
• Collaborate with Machine Learning engineers and data scientists across the organization to support a robust data delivery pipeline for Search use cases
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Product and Program to identify search-related business requirements and provide technical solutions
• Mentor, empower and provide career growth opportunities for team members
• Foster and maintain effective communication channels with your team members, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Monitor and improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of our search infrastructure's data pipelines
• Keep Search data separated and secure across multiple data centers and AWS regions
• Leave systems better than you found them

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering or data engineering, with a focus on building well-designed databases, data pipelines and contributing to a positive team environment
• Demonstrated success in being part of a team problem-solving, designing and implementing end-to-end software at scale
• Mentorship experience & a desire to help your fellow engineers get better at what they do
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience presenting and explaining complex technical ideas to peers and leadership
• Biased towards action, with experience delivering high-quality software solutions on time, at scale and within budget.

Nice To Haves:

Solid understanding of search technologies, such as Elasticsearch, Solr, or Lucene, and applied machine learning techniques, such as supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, and natural language processing.

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The hiring range for this position in California is $145,400 - $181,700 per year, in New York is $139,040 - $173,800 per year and Washington is $139,040 - $173,800 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About Disney Direct to Consumer:

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company's powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you'll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Direct to Consumer.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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