Lead Data Engineer

Job Posting Title:

Lead Data Engineer

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Job Description:

The Disney Decision Science and Integration (DDSI) team leverages advanced technologies data analytics and scientific approaches such as optimization and statistical modeling to build innovative tools that shape business decisions across The Walt Disney Company. We support Disney Entertainment (ABC The Walt Disney Studios Disney Hulu) ESPN Disney Experiences (Theme Parks Cruise Line Consumer Products DVC) and Corporate Finance with strategic applications that enable data-driven decision-making.

This is not a remote role. This team works in office.

What You Will Do

You will be responsible for planning and leading research and development related to advanced analytic data solutions leveraging GenAI. You will work with business and technology leaders to understand scope and requirements business needs and data from across the Disney company in order to design and deliver the data pipelines necessary for our solutions. You will partner with the Decision Science Products Decision Science and client teams on critical projects. Other activities include planning estimating design development testing production rollout and sustainment activities. You will also need to consult and collaborate with project team members lead design reviews do hands-on development and communicate with colleagues and leaders.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 7 years overall experience in a data engineering development capacity using multiple environments (Dev QA Prod etc.) and DevOps procedures for code deployment/promotion
• Experience translating project scope and high-level requirements into technical data engineering tasks
• Experience defining solutions to sophisticated data engineering problems in support of advanced analytic processes
• Experience with a variety of GenAI models tools and concepts
• Understanding of Knowledge Graphs Data Mesh and other data sharing platforms
• 3 years using designing and building relational databases (preferably Snowflake or PostgreSQL)
• 3 years of experience leading and deploying code using a source control product such as GitLab/GitHub
• 2 years of experience with job scheduling software like Apache Airflow Amazon MWAA GitLab Runners or UC4
• Experience collaborating with multiple project teams in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with defining and estimating level-of-effort data engineering activities
• Experience with project and sprint planning
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and solutions to non-technical team members
• Experience designing and building data structures to support requirements
• Multiple years of experience with ELT/ETL data pipeline development and maintenance
• Multiple years of shown experience and expertise using SQL and Python
• Experience using containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a multi-team environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading development of GenAI based systems including model selection pipeline orchestration and deployment strategies
• Experience defining GenAI architectures
• Knowledgeable with Disney Parks attendance reservations and/or products
• Experience with cloud based technologies preferably AWS EMR EC2 and S3
• Experience with advanced Snowflake offerings such as Snowpark Data Exchange Data Marketplace and Snowpipe

Education

• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Software Electrical or Electronics Engineering or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Orlando FL $135200 to $181200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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.

Job Posting Segment:

Enterprise Technology and Data

Job Posting Primary Business:

Decision Science & Integration

Primary Job Posting Category:

Data Engineering

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

Lake Buena Vista FL USA

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Date Posted:

Required Experience:

Senior IC