Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology Machine Learning Engineer Intern, Summer 2025

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer Intern for Summer 2025. This internship offers an opportunity to work on recommendation and personalization algorithms for Disney Streaming's suite of apps, including Disney+ and Hulu. As an intern, you'll collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Data teams to apply machine learning methods, explore innovative techniques, and optimize operational processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement algorithms for personalization and recommendation systems
• Maintain algorithms deployed to production
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines using tools like Airflow and Jenkins
• Deploy scalable streaming and batch data pipelines for petabyte-scale datasets
• Establish and maintain algorithm development, testing, and deployment standards
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to identify new personalization opportunities

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge or experience in developing machine learning models and performing large-scale data analysis
• Experience writing scalable code (e.g., Python, Scala)
• Basic understanding of modern machine learning methods and models
• Experience or knowledge of deploying and maintaining pipelines (AWS, Docker, Airflow) and engineering big-data solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS, Docker, Airflow, Databricks
• Knowledge of building and deploying full-stack ML pipelines
• Familiarity with metadata management and data governance principles
• Experience with cloud-hosted databases and streaming data pipelines

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Must be enrolled in an accredited college/university and returning to school following the internship

Additional Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years old
• Possess unrestricted work authorization
• Available full-time (40 hours/week) for the 12-week internship from May/June 2025 through August/September 2025
• Able to provide own housing and transportation in Santa Monica, CA or Seattle, WA

This internship offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the future of Disney's media business while working with cutting-edge technologies and reaching millions of consumers daily.