DreamWorks Animation · 1 month ago
Senior Staff Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $185K/yr
10+ years expNBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, known for creating and distributing world-class content. They are seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer to build innovative data pipelines and applications, leveraging emerging technologies like generative AI and large language models while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive data integration and analytics solutions.
AnimationFilmMedia and Entertainment
Responsibilities
Design, build, and scale data pipelines across a variety of source systems and streams (internal, third-party, and cloud-based), distributed/elastic environments, and downstream applications and self-service solutions
Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices (e.g., training/serving, feature engineering, feature/model selection, imbalance data, RAG patterns) and algorithms (e.g., deep learnings, optimization)
Solid understanding of data modeling, warehousing, and architecture principles
Implement appropriate design patterns while optimizing performance, cost, security, and scale and end-user experience
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and develop efficient data acquisition and integration strategies
Interface with other technology teams to extract, load, and transform data from a wide variety of data sources using cloud-native data engineering principles
Become a subject matter expert for data engineering-related technologies and designs
Coach and guide others within the organization to build scalable pipelines based on foundational data engineering principles
Participate in development sprints, demos, and retrospectives alongside releases and deployment
Build and manage relationships with supporting engineering teams to deliver work products to production effectively
Have worked well with data scientists, business analysts, and machine learning infrastructure to connect the dots between business and technology partners
Develop automated tests for your code, ensuring every function, service, and object is compatible with your team's work and with the many systems within the NBCUniversal system portfolio and cross-device and browser compatibility
Create documentation for developers and business users to help them understand our products
Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team within a matrixed organization, leveraging strong interpersonal skills to navigate system complexities and deploy solutions efficiently
Deploy to cloud-based platforms and troubleshoot application, cloud, and configuration issues when necessary
Utilize tools for code & test generation to dramatically accelerate the delivery of features and components you create
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in a data engineering role, with a strong emphasis on leading data engineering teams
Ability to think critically about problems, decipher user preferences versus challenging requirements, and effectively use online and onsite resources to find appropriate solutions
Proven ability to thrive in an agile development environment, adept at incorporating feedback and adjusting to changing priorities
Understanding REST-based APIs, vectorized embeddings, and other Retrieval Augmented Generation AI workload components
Direct experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT development principles, cloud development, and data warehousing concepts
Knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP
Knowledge of data management fundamentals and data storage principles
Experience in building data pipelines using Python/SQL or similar programming languages
General understanding of cloud data engineering design patterns and use cases
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or related field
Preferred
Familiarity with integrating large language models and AI-generated content technologies into applications
Familiarity with the development ecosystem evolving around LLM integration, such as langchain
Experience with Snowflake, Amazon Web Services, or related cloud platforms a plus
Understanding of big data technology stacks (Hive / Spark etc) is a plus
Experience moving on prem technologies to the cloud is a plus
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Paid leave
Tuition reimbursement
A variety of other discounts and perks
Company
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. engages in the development, production, and exploitation of animated films and associated characters
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15M2016-04-28Acquired
2015-02-12Post Ipo Equity· $15M
2004-10-28IPO
Leadership Team
Kate Swanborg
SVP, Technology Communications and Strategic Alliances
Shabrayia Cleaver
Associate Producer / Producer (Feature/Short)
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