Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering

Req ID: 10055100

Job Overview

The Machine Learning (ML) Engineering team at Disney aims to drive and enable ML usage across various domains within diverse language environments throughout a project's life cycle. This includes tasks from ad-hoc exploration to preparing training data, model development, and robust production deployment. Our ongoing commitment is to innovate ML infrastructure, ensuring a continuous cycle of learning, inference, and observation while maintaining high system availability and reliability. We aim to maximize the positive impact of ML at Disney Streaming by supporting key product functions such as personalization, recommendation, fraud prevention, capacity planning, subscriber growth, and lifecycle intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team to build a state-of-the-art ML runtime environment.
• Provide technical direction for the Model Engineering team.
• Partner with product and stakeholders to deliver scalable ML development and deployment platform solutions.
• Mentor team members and optimize their success and growth.
• Maintain a culture of innovation, quality, transparency, inclusion, and empathy.
• Work in an Agile environment focused on collaboration and teamwork.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of software experience working in large-scale, real-time distributed systems.
• 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience building and deploying ML models in production.
• Experience with cloud technologies in AWS or GCP, as well as container systems such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Passion for building platforms and infrastructure excellence.
• Excellent communication and people engagement skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with ML pipelines, data ecosystems, and AWS technologies.
• Experience building ML infrastructure and streaming ML applications.
• Experience shipping entertainment and media applications for streaming purposes.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related field) and/or equivalent work experience.

Compensation

The hiring range for this position is $197,866 to $228,800 per year, depending on various factors, including geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional compensation may include bonuses and/or long-term incentive units, along with a comprehensive range of medical, financial, and other benefits.

Job Details

• Job Posting Segment: Product & Data Engineering
• Primary Job Posting Category: Machine Learning
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Primary Location: New York, NY, USA
• Alternative Locations: CA - 2450 Broadway, CA - Market St, WA - 925 4th Ave
• Date Posted: 2023-07-21
• Company: The Walt Disney Company