The Walt Disney Company · 20 hours ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Seattle, WA, USA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and media, and they are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join their Ad Platform Engineering organization. This role involves designing, building, and operating production machine learning systems that enhance revenue and viewer experience across Disney's media properties.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Apply modern machine learning techniques to advertising use cases such as inventory forecasting, pricing, targeting, and efficient ad delivery
Design, implement, and iterate on ML solutions from experimentation through production deployment and ongoing optimization
Build and scale ML architectures that balance model quality, latency, throughput, reliability, and cost
Design and maintain feature pipelines and feature stores supporting both real-time inference and offline training
Own major components of the model lifecycle, including experimentation, validation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Analyze experimental results and partner with product and engineering stakeholders to support data-informed decisions
Ensure models are observable, debuggable, and explainable in production environments
Implement monitoring for model performance, drift, bias, and overall system health
Contribute to engineering excellence through high-quality code, sound system design, and operational best practices
Provide technical guidance through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer science or related field of study
5+ years of software engineering experience
Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience developing and deploying machine learning systems in production
Strong knowledge of machine learning fundamentals, mathematics, and statistics
Experience operating ML systems in low-latency, high-throughput environments
Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners
Solid foundations in algorithms, data structures, and numerical optimization
Proficiency in Python (primary), with experience in Java and SQL
Experience with modern ML frameworks and tooling such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Hugging Face
Experience with one or more of the following: Deep learning methodologies (e.g., sequence-based or representation learning models), Transformer architectures (e.g., BERT, GPT, ViT) for NLP and/or vision, Multimodal embedding techniques across text, image, audio, or structured data, Large language models and related evaluation methodologies, Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures
Experience building systems on cloud-native infrastructure and distributed platforms
Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven, and collaborative environment
Preferred
Experience in digital video advertising or the digital marketing domain
Experience with programmatic advertising or real-time bidding platforms
MS or PhD (preferred) in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
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
Robert Iger
CEO
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-20
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