The Walt Disney Company · 21 hours ago
Lead Data Engineer
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a leading entertainment and media conglomerate, and they are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to join their Decision Science + Integration team. This role involves planning and leading the development of advanced analytic data solutions, collaborating with business and technology leaders to design and deliver data pipelines, and executing critical projects to drive business value.
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Responsibilities
You will be responsible for planning and leading research and development related to advanced analytic data solutions, leveraging GenAI
You will work with business and technology leaders to understand scope and requirements, business needs, and data from across the Disney company in order to design and deliver the data pipelines necessary for our solutions
You will partner with the Decision Science Products, Decision Science, and client teams on critical projects
Other activities include planning, estimating, design, development, testing, production rollout and sustainment activities
You will also need to consult and collaborate with project team members, lead design reviews, do hands-on development, and communicate with colleagues and leaders
Qualification
Required
7+ years overall experience in a data engineering development capacity using a multiple environments (Dev, QA, Prod, etc.) and DevOps procedures for code deployment/promotion
Experience with a variety of GenAI models, tools, and concepts
3+ years using, designing and building relational databases (preferably Snowflake or PostgreSQL)
3+ years of experience leading and deploying code using a source control product such as GitLab/GitHub
2+ years of experience with job scheduling software like Apache Airflow, Amazon MWAA, GitLab Runners or UC4
Multiple years of experience with ELT/ETL data pipeline development and maintenance
Multiple years of shown experience and expertise using SQL and Python
Experience using containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
Knowledgeable on cloud architecture and product offerings, preferably AWS
Understanding of Knowledge Graphs, Data Mesh, and other data sharing platforms
Experience translating project scope and high-level requirements into technical data engineering tasks
Experience defining solutions to sophisticated data engineering problems in support of advanced analytic processes
Experience collaborating with multiple project teams in a fast-paced environment
Experience with defining and estimating level-of-effort data engineering activities
Experience with project and sprint planning
Ability to communicate technical concepts and solutions to non-technical team members
Experience designing and building data structures to support requirements
Preferred
Experience leading development of GenAI based systems including model selection, pipeline orchestration and deployment strategies
Experience defining GenAI architectures
Knowledgeable with Disney Parks attendance, reservations and/or products
Experience with cloud based technologies, preferably AWS EMR, EC2, and S3
Experience with advanced Snowflake offerings such as Snowpark, Data Exchange, Data Marketplace and Snowpipe
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
Robert Iger
CEO
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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