The Walt Disney Company · 1 day ago
Lead Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure & Tooling
Santa Monica, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$156K/yr - $209K/yr
7+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global organization focused on advancing the technological backbone for its media business. As a Lead Software Engineer within DEEP&T, you will lead a team dedicated to improving product quality and driving innovation across Disney's digital products and platforms.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Owning and contributing to the architecture, development and maintenance of AI/ML frameworks and models that support test automation and tooling across multiple products
Providing strategic input, defining and contributing towards Objectives and Key Results, and partnering within and across the organization to achieve them
Leading and mentoring junior developers, providing meaningful insight, code reviews and technical direction across the team
Developing and supporting high quality code to build and enhance test automation, quality infrastructure, and innovative proof-of-concepts
Leading communication for projects and overall team status within and across the organization
Keeping up with industry trends and new publicly available technologies, coming up with innovative ideas and solutions for complex technical problems
Serving as an advanced resource for other engineers on the team, training and helping others to contribute meaningful and impactful features and capabilities
Being an active member of the larger Quality Engineering team, helping increase productivity and impact through innovation, curiosity, and thoughtful debate
Qualification
Required
7 years of relevant software development experience, including designing, deploying and integrating AI/ML models into existing systems
Bachelor's degree or the foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field or equivalent years of professional experience
Progressive experience in a software development (SDET or SE) occupation, including developing unit tests and/or automated testing of front end and backend services
Proficient in object-oriented design and expertise with Python, Java and/or Node/JavaScript
Experience leading teams of software engineers and/or SDETs
Experience working with high-performing teams using Agile and Lean methodologies
Experience in modern design patterns and techniques, deriving and gathering quality KPI's to give insight into product's health and progress
Preferred
Experience shipping production Python, Flask, Django, React or Node.js applications
Experience training custom AI/ML models, validating LLM/LVLM performance and accuracy
Experience with developing and deploying applications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and optimizing cost efficiency
Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, SageMaker, and Kinesis
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems
Experience with testcase management (e.g. JIRA Xray), code management (e.g. git, SonarQube) and data visualization (e.g. Grafana, Data Dog) tools
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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
2025-12-24
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