The Walt Disney Company · 1 day ago
Lead Data Platform Engineer
Burbank, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$156K/yr - $209K/yr
7+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader, seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer. This role involves leading major development projects related to data and analytics solutions, focusing on implementing a Finance Data Layer and enhancing enterprise data platform solutions.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Leading teams of developers (both Disney Cast Members and external vendors) in major software/data development projects
Designing and developing highly scalable, distributed enterprise data platform solutions
Design, develop and implement scalable distributed enterprise data platform solutions, focusing on multi-cluster warehousing, data sharing, and optimized storage
Write code that establishes and enhances frameworks and design proof of concepts, and review code for correctness, and its impact on software architecture
Lead the development of high-performance ETL/ELT pipelines using tools like dbt, Python, Airflow and more to integrate diverse data sources
Provide mentorship and direction to more junior software engineers on the team; serve as an advanced resources for other engineers on the team
Being the ongoing technical lead for data platform products (post-implementation)—leading engineering support for the production platform, leading ongoing enhancement projects, guiding technical product roadmap
Partner with Data Science, Analytics, and Product teams to ensure the platform meets evolving business requirements
Establish standards for data modeling (Vault, Star Schema), security (RBAC), and data quality frameworks
Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
Strong collaboration skills
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional programming and design experience in Scala, Java, Python etc.; demonstrated experience designing and developing enterprise data solutions and platforms
Demonstrated experience leading engineering initiatives on major software and data development projects
Experience with medallion-based data Lakehouse architectures
Experience with high-scale cloud data platforms and with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Expert knowledge of data integration, dimensional modeling and data warehousing techniques
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for data
Proficiency in Java, SQL
Experience with Snowflake
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Preferred
Experience with enterprise data domains is preferred (especially Finance and HR data)
Experience with AI/ML
Experience with SAP Systems (S4, BW, HANA, BDC)
Experience with EPM Systems (e.g. Oracle EPM)
Experience with Data Governance
Experience with Master Data Management
Experience with BI tools
Benefits
Medical
Financial
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
2026-01-20
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