Sr Software Engineer - AI and Observability
Core
Design and implement AI-driven agentic systems and real-time pipelines to ensure the reliability, performance, and health of Disney's global streaming ecosystem (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN) by transforming telemetry data into automated detection and root cause analysis.
Role type
Senior IC Software Engineer (AI & Observability)
Builds
Autonomous reasoning agents, high-throughput real-time data pipelines, and scalable APIs for system health monitoring
Domain
Media & Entertainment / Distributed Systems / AI Observability
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend development, agentic AI system design, prompt engineering, model evaluation, PyTorch/TensorFlow, PySpark, AWS ecosystem, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD
Preferred skills
Observability system implementation, modern database management, distributed systems architecture, API design patterns
Technologies
GPT-4/o1, Claude Opus/Sonnet, Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph, Datadog, Grafana, Conviva, MongoDB, Cursor
Responsibilities
Own design and operation of intelligent systems leveraging real-time signals and AI-driven detection; Lead development of agentic AI systems powered by foundation models; Oversee creation of end-to-end data pipelines for actionable insights; Design and maintain scalable APIs and microservices; Partner with teams to embed intelligence into workflows reducing TTD/TTR; Promote engineering best practices and drive innovation in observability
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship