Lead Data Engineer
Candidate-se agora mesmo! Candidatar-se depois Job ID 10129418 Local Santa Mônica, Califórnia, Estados Unidos / Glendale, Califórnia, Estados Unidos / São Francisco, Califórnia, Estados Unidos / Nova Iorque, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos / Seattle, Washington, Estados Unidos Empresa Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Data da publicação 08/09/2025Descrição do cargo:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Commerce, Data & Identity
Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.
About The Role
The Lead Data Engineer partners with business, analytics, and infrastructure teams to design and build data pipelines for Content performance metrics. Responsibilities include sourcing internal and external data, designing table structures, defining ETL strategies, and implementing automated data quality checks. Additionally, this role mentors junior data engineers in pipeline development.
Responsibilities
Lead the successful design and implementation of complex technical problems.
Lead and contribute to the design and growth of our Data Products and Data Warehouses around Content movements and metrics.
Use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions.
Partner with technical and non-technical colleagues to understand data and reporting requirements, and Collaborate with Data Product Managers, Data Architects and other Data Engineers to design, implement, and deliver successful data solutions
Design table structures and define ETL pipelines to build performant Data solutions that are reliable and scalable in a fast growing data ecosystem.
Develop Data Quality checks
Develop and maintain ETL routines using ETL and orchestration tools such as Airflow
Serve as an advanced resource to other Data Engineers on the team, and mentor and coach more junior members of the team helping to improve their skills, knowledge, and productivity.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of data engineering experience developing large data pipelines.
Strong understanding of data modeling principles including Dimensional modeling, data normalization principles.
Good understanding of SQL Engines and able to conduct advanced performance tuning.
Ability to think strategically, analyze and interpret market and consumer information.
Strong communication skills – written and verbal presentations.
Excellent conceptual and analytical reasoning competencies.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.
Familiarity with Agile Scrum principles and ceremonies
Preferred Qualifications
4+ years of work experience implementing and reporting on business key performance indicators in data warehousing environments, required.
5+ years of experience using analytic SQL, working with traditional relational databases and/or distributed systems (Snowflake or Redshift), required.
3+ years of experience programming languages (e.g. Python, Pyspark), preferred.
3+ years of experience with data orchestration/ETL tools (Airflow, Nifi), preferred.
Experience with Snowflake, Databricks/EMR/Spark & Airflow a plus.
Required Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Master’s Degree a plus.
Additional Information
#DISNEYTECH
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $152,200 - $204,100 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $166,800 - $223,600 per year, in Seattle, WA is $159,500 - $213,900 per year, and in New York, NY is $159,500 - $213,900 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
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DISNEYTECHSobre Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Na Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, estamos combinando imaginação e inovação para reimaginar as maneiras como as pessoas experimentam e se envolvem com as histórias e produtos mais adorados do mundo. Nosso trabalho é amplo e profundamente sofisticado. Criamos experiências incríveis, transformamos o futuro da mídia e criamos produtos e plataformas que permitem a conexão entre pessoas em todos os lugares e as histórias e esportes que elas amam.
A capacidade da Disney de unir tecnologia de nível mundial com criatividade exclusiva nos torna únicos. Ela está no centro do nosso passado, presente e futuro. Somos contadores de histórias e inovadores. Criadores e construtores. Animadores e engenheiros.
Sobre The Walt Disney Company:
A The Walt Disney Company, juntamente com suas subsidiárias e afiliadas, é uma líder diversificada em entretenimento familiar e mídia internacional que inclui três segmentos principais de negócios: Disney Entertainment, ESPN e Disney Experiences. Desde seus primeiros passos como um estúdio de desenho animado na década de 1920 até se tornar o atual nome de destaque na indústria do entretenimento, a Disney orgulhosamente dá continuidade a seu legado de criação de histórias e experiências de padrão internacional para toda a família. As histórias, personagens e experiências da Disney tocam consumidores e visitantes de todas as partes do mundo. Com operações em mais de 40 países, nossos funcionários e colaboradores trabalham juntos para criar experiências de entretenimento adoradas por todos.
Esta vaga é oferecida junto à Disney Streaming Technology LLC, que é parte de um segmento de negócios que chamamos de Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC é um empregador de oportunidades iguais. Os candidatos serão selecionados para emprego independente de raça, religião, cor, sexo, orientação sexual, gênero, identidade de gênero, expressão de gênero, nacionalidade, ancestralidade, idade, estado civil, status militar ou de veterano, quadro clínico, informações genéticas ou deficiência, ou qualquer outro motivo proibido por lei federal, estadual ou local. A Disney defende um ambiente de negócios em que ideias e decisões de todas as pessoas nos ajudam a crescer, inovar, criar as melhores histórias e ser relevantes em um mundo em constante evolução.