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Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Apply remote type Primarily On-Site / Occasionally from Home locations San Francisco, CA, USA Los Angeles, CA, USA Seattle, WA, USA New York, NY, USA Santa Monica, CA, USA time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago time left to apply End Date : November 30, 2025 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition id 10121021

Job Posting Title :

Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Req ID : 10121021

Job Description :

Technology is at the heart of Disneys 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 Disneys 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 Companys media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, were reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the worlds most beloved stories while also transforming Disneys media business for the future. Whether thats evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disneys unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think youd love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

Building the future of Disneys media business : DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disneys media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

Reach & Scale : The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

Innovation : We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Job Summary :

Our team develops and maintains state-of-the-art recommendation and personalization algorithms that serve hundreds of millions of users across Disney+, Hulu, ABC, and ESPN. As a key member of this team, you will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and Data teams to apply advanced machine learning techniques in support of strategic personalization initiatives. This is an Individual Contributor role focused on content recommendations. You will lead the research, development, deployment, and optimization of recommendation and personalization algorithms across product surfaces. You will also play a critical role in aligning technical solutions with stakeholder requirements and expectations, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Editorial teams. Beyond execution, you will help define the roadmap for algorithmic innovationshaping approaches to feature development and contributing to broader company goals in the personalization and recommendation space.

Responsibilities :

Developing and prototyping state-of-the-art Deep Neural Net algorithms for recommendation systems

Deliver a conceptual solution into production-level implementation & operation at scale, for global user services.

Quickly learn our complex streaming recommendation systems and deep dive into individual components & systems as well as understand overall framework / architecture.

Identify impactful opportunities to improve our business operations and develop practical solutions and plans to lift our business KPIs.

Drive business decisions by data driven and pragmatic approach

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Leadership to technically guide a team of engineers and work collaboratively with peers to achieve goals with deadline.

Basic Qualifications :

Strong proficiency in at least one of the following deep learning frameworks, tensorflow, pytorch

Experiences building and deploying full stack ML pipelines : data extraction, data mining, model training, feature development, testing, and deployment

Track record from design to full production of effective recommendation systems

Experience with cloud services in a production environment (particularly AWS)

Understanding of statistical concepts (e.g., hypothesis testing, regression analysis)

Ability to articulate the usage and behavior of models and algorithms to both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications :

MS or PhD in statistics, math, computer science, or related quantitative field

Production experience with developing content recommendation algorithms at scale and familiar with metadata management, data lineage, and principles of data governance

Deep understanding in personalization challenges in homepage experience and proven records of developing effective solutions

Experience with :

7+ years of experience in developing highly scalable machine learning products

7+ years writing production-level, scalable Python codes

Required Education :

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and / or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in New York, NY & Seattle, WA is $172,300 to $231,100 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $183,700.00 to $246,400.00 per year and in Los Angeles / Santa Monica, CA is $164,500.00 to $220,600.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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.

Job Posting Segment :

Product & Data Engineering

Job Posting Primary Business :

PDE - Engagement Experiences & Platforms

Primary Job Posting Category :

Machine Learning

Employment Type : Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code :

San Francisco, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code :

Date Posted :

2025-06-25

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