Lead ML engineer responsible for ML research, deployment, and infrastructure across Disney Entertainment & ESPN. Drive scalable learning, inference, monitoring, and cross-team ML adoption.
Responsibilities
Lead research, development, deployment, and optimization of ML applications across Disney Entertainment & ESPN
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, Data, and Editorial
Design and develop infrastructure supporting the full cycle of machine learning, including workflow orchestration and management interfaces, data discovery tools, data quality and feature libraries
Drive infrastructure innovation for scalable learning, inference, and monitoring
Provide ML consultancy and mentorship and contribute to ML Lab mission enabling ML across heterogeneous environments
Conduct in-depth data exploration and analysis to support strategic initiatives and shape algorithmic roadmap
Drive data and ML-driven solutions for use cases such as recommendation systems, object detection, anomaly detection, RAGs and translations
Identify opportunities to improve business operations and develop solutions to lift business KPIs
Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers and work collaboratively with peers to achieve goals within deadlines
Requirements
BS in computer science, statistics, math or a related quantitative field
7+ years of relevant SWE and MLEng experience
Expertise in data science, (deep) learning algorithms, or statistical methods
Comfortable operating at all levels of the predictive stack, including data collection, feature engineering, batch training and low-latency online serving
Experience designing and developing backend microservices for large-scale distributed systems using gRPC or REST
Experience with large-scale distributed data processing systems, cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP, and container systems such as Docker or Kubernetes
Track record of building scalable systems, from design to full production
Understanding of statistical concepts (e.g., hypothesis testing, regression analysis)
Excellent written and oral communication skills
(Preferred) Familiarity with developing and deploying Spark and ML pipelines
(Preferred) Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, HDFS, Airflow, Databricks, Kinesis, Kafka
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
Full range of medical benefits
Financial benefits
Other benefits dependent on the level and position offered
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