The Walt Disney Company · 3 hours ago
Lead Data Engineer
Santa Monica, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $204K/yr
7+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and technology. The Lead Data Engineer will partner with business, analytics, and infrastructure teams to design and build data pipelines for content performance metrics, while also mentoring junior data engineers.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Lead the successful design and implementation of complex technical problems
Lead and contribute to the design and growth of our Data Products and Data Warehouses around Content movements and metrics
Use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions
Partner with technical and non-technical colleagues to understand data and reporting requirements, and Collaborate with Data Product Managers, Data Architects and other Data Engineers to design, implement, and deliver successful data solutions
Design table structures and define ETL pipelines to build performant Data solutions that are reliable and scalable in a fast growing data ecosystem
Develop Data Quality checks
Develop and maintain ETL routines using ETL and orchestration tools such as Airflow
Serve as an advanced resource to other Data Engineers on the team, and mentor and coach more junior members of the team helping to improve their skills, knowledge, and productivity
Qualification
Required
7+ years of data engineering experience developing large data pipelines
Strong understanding of data modeling principles including Dimensional modeling, data normalization principles
Good understanding of SQL Engines and able to conduct advanced performance tuning
Ability to think strategically, analyze and interpret market and consumer information
Strong communication skills – written and verbal presentations
Excellent conceptual and analytical reasoning competencies
Comfortable working in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment
Familiarity with Agile Scrum principles and ceremonies
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent work experience
Preferred
4+ years of work experience implementing and reporting on business key performance indicators in data warehousing environments, required
5+ years of experience using analytic SQL, working with traditional relational databases and/or distributed systems (Snowflake or Redshift), required
3+ years of experience programming languages (e.g. Python, Pyspark), preferred
3+ years of experience with data orchestration/ETL tools (Airflow, Nifi), preferred
Experience with Snowflake, Databricks/EMR/Spark & Airflow a plus
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
The full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$11BKey Investors
Citibank
2020-04-13Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2020-03-20Post Ipo Debt· $6B
1978-01-06IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Iger
CEO
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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