Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Job Description
Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.
Our team develops and maintains state-of-the-art recommendation and personalization algorithms that serve hundreds of millions of users across Disney+, Hulu, ABC, and ESPN. As a key member of this team, you will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and Data teams to apply advanced machine learning techniques in support of strategic personalization initiatives. This is an Individual Contributor role focused on content recommendations.
You will lead the research, development, deployment, and optimization of recommendation and personalization algorithms across product surfaces. You will also play a critical role in aligning technical solutions with stakeholder requirements and expectations, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Editorial teams. Beyond execution, you will help define the roadmap for algorithmic innovation—shaping approaches to feature development and contributing to broader company goals in the personalization and recommendation space.
The role offers opportunities to:
- Build the future of Disney's media business through designing and building infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution
- Work at massive scale, serving millions of consumers every minute across Disney+, Hulu, ABC News and Entertainment, ESPN and ESPN+
- Drive innovation by developing groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms
- Collaborate with world-class teams across Engineering, Product, and Data organizations
- Make a direct impact on how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news globally
The position offers competitive compensation including base salary, bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, 401k, and long-term incentives. Join us in creating magical viewing experiences and transforming Disney's media business for the future.
Responsibilities For Senior Machine Learning Engineer
- Developing and prototyping state-of-the-art Deep Neural Net algorithms for recommendation systems
- Deliver conceptual solutions into production-level implementation & operation at scale
- Learn complex streaming recommendation systems and understand overall framework/architecture
- Identify opportunities to improve business operations and develop practical solutions
- Drive business decisions by data driven approach
Requirements For Senior Machine Learning Engineer
- Strong proficiency in tensorflow or pytorch
- Experience building and deploying full stack ML pipelines
- Track record from design to production of effective recommendation systems
- Experience with cloud services in production environment (particularly AWS)
- Understanding of statistical concepts
- 5+ years of experience in developing highly scalable machine learning products
- 5+ years writing production-level, scalable Python codes
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Benefits For Senior Machine Learning Engineer
- Full range of medical benefits
- Bonus opportunities
- Long-term incentives
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