The Walt Disney Company · 7 hours ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Platforms
Glendale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global organization focused on technology and innovation in media. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design and implement ad-serving logic and models, optimizing ad selection across their platforms.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Designing, implementing, and testing logic to serve ads effectively adhering to various business criteria either with rule based or ML based solutions in a high-throughput, low-latency microservices environment
Enhancing systems’ observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts
Reading and understanding product user stories, and then translating them into actionable tasks for both frontend and backend components
Taking ownership of one or more of the team's domain areas
Understanding and using automated tools (AI) while adhering to company policy
Available for On-Call rotations based on the team’s escalation policy and support schedule
Qualification
Required
BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience
5+ years of software engineering experience
Proficiency with Java
Proficient in large scale ML/DL platforms and processing tech stack
Experience in large scale machine learning using tools such as scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, pytorch
Experience with LLM-based application development, using LLM-as-a-service providers such as AWS Bedrock, Azure Cognitive Services, or Google's Vertex AI
Experience using frameworks such as LangGraph, Crew AI, and strands sdk for developing agents
Experience with vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation
Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills. Strong knowledge of and experience implementing AI/ML technologies and applying mathematical and statistical concepts
Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences
A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems
An understanding of the importance of project ownership
A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment
An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling, and why they are important
An understanding of ML models and knowledge of how to leverage their use online and offline
An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk
Kindness and pragmatic optimism
Preferred
Experience with SpringBoot and related Spring projects
Non-relational database technologies like DynamoDB
Caching datastores such as Redis, ValKey or MemCache
Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
Cloud platforms such as AWS
Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
Domain knowledge in the Ad Tech industry
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
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
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Power
SVP, Addressable Sales
Recent News
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