The Walt Disney Company · 15 hours ago
Sr Data Product Engineer
Glendale, CA, USA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$146K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is seeking a Senior Data Product Engineer to play a critical role in the end-to-end lifecycle of their data products. This role involves designing and building data products, implementing cutting-edge cloud technologies, and ensuring high-quality data for various internal consumers.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Design & Build Data Products: Lead the full lifecycle development of data products, including requirements gathering, architectural design, implementation, testing, and deployment. Ensure data products are discoverable, well-documented, and adhere to strict data quality standards
Strategic Data Modeling: Apply a pragmatic combination of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles to deeply understand core business contexts and translate them into robust, Kimball-inspired dimensional models that power our data products within Snowflake
Real-time Data Processing: Architect and implement highly efficient, event-driven data pipelines using AWS Kinesis for data ingestion and stream processing, leveraging AWS Lambda for serverless transformations and real-time data delivery
Advanced Data Transformation: Develop, optimize, and maintain complex SQL-based data transformations using dbt (Data Build Tool) within our Snowflake data platform, ensuring modularity, testability, and version control for all data models
AI/ML Data Enablement: Collaborate closely with our AI/ML workbench to design and build data products specifically tailored for machine learning initiatives, including feature engineering, data preparation, and ensuring data readiness for model training and inference
Operational Excellence: Establish and enforce best practices for data governance, metadata management, data lineage, and data observability to ensure the reliability and integrity of our data products
Qualification
Required
5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, data warehousing, or a similar role, with a strong focus on building scalable and robust data solutions
Expert-level proficiency with Snowflake for data warehousing, performance tuning, and query optimization
Proficiency in SQL, Java, dbt (Data Build Tool) and modern data platforms (Snowflake, AWS, GCP) for data modeling, transformation, testing, and documentation
Extensive experience with AWS Lambda and AWS Kinesis for serverless and real-time data processing architectures (CI?CD)
Strong programming skills in Python for data manipulation, scripting, and automation
Proven experience in designing and preparing data for AI/ML applications
Deep practical understanding and application of both Kimball's dimensional modeling methodologies and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) concepts in complex data environments
A genuine passion for treating data as a product, understanding user needs, defining data contracts, and delivering measurable value through high-quality data assets
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative field
Preferred
Strong programming skills in Python (preferred) for data manipulation, scripting, and automation
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
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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
Jamie Power
SVP, Addressable Sales
Nick Lewerke
SVP/Head of Content Planning & Analysis, Disney Streaming
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