Lead Data Engineer - Data Reliability - Disney : Job Details

Lead Data Engineer - Data Reliability

Job ID: 10103077

Location: New York, New York, United States / Bristol, Connecticut, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States

Business: Disney Entertainment

Date posted: Apr. 09, 2025

Job Summary:

The Data Reliability Engineering team for Disney's Product and Data Engineering team is responsible for maintaining and improving the reliability of Disney Entertainment's big data platform, which processes hundreds of terabytes of data and billions of events daily.

The Lead Data Engineer will help us in the ongoing mission of delivering outstanding services to our users allowing Disney Entertainment to be more data-driven. You will work closely with our partner teams to monitor and drive improvements for reliability and observability of their critical data pipelines and deliverables. This is a high-impact role where your work informs decisions affecting millions of consumers, with a direct tie to The Walt Disney Company's revenue.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in designing and developing a platform to support incident observability and automation.
• Lead project work efforts internally and externally setting project deliverables, review design documents, perform code reviews and help mentor junior members of the team.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve, maintain, performance tune, and respond to incidents on our big data pipeline infrastructure.
• Own building out key components for observability and intelligent monitoring of data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Build solutions to continually improve our software release and change management process using industry best practices.

Minimum Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience working on mission critical data pipelines and ETL systems.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with big data technology, systems and tools such as AWS, Hadoop, Hive, and Snowflake.
• Expertise with common Data Engineering languages such as Python, Scala, Java, SQL.
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end pipeline design and implementation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degrees are a plus.
• Strong data visualizations skills to convey information and results clearly.
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins.
• Experience with event messaging frameworks like Apache Kafka.

The hiring range for this position varies by location. The base pay will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

About Disney Entertainment:

At Disney Corporate, you can see how the businesses behind the Company's powerful brands come together to create innovative and admired entertainment experiences.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

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