Sr Data Engineer
Core
Design, build, and scale data foundations that power AI adoption in Disney's Ad Technology, enabling real-time data flows for AI applications.
Role type
Senior IC data engineer (AI data platforms)
Builds
Streaming and batch data pipelines, embedding workflows, vector stores, and AI-ready data models for ad tech.
Domain
Media & Entertainment / AI & Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Java, SQL, streaming data pipelines, embedding pipelines, vector stores, data modeling, workflow orchestration
Preferred skills
LLM orchestration frameworks, observability stacks, enterprise data governance, data frameworks/registries
Technologies
Kafka, Flink, Spark, Kinesis, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, pgvector, Airflow, Dagster, Databricks, LangChain, LangGraph, AWS (S3, Glue, MWAA), Datadog, Prometheus
Responsibilities
Build high-performance streaming and batch pipelines for AI; implement embedding generation and vector store integrations; develop AI-optimized data models and storage patterns; embed end-to-end observability and data quality controls; lead execution of the full development lifecycle.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship
