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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.We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Data Foundation Platform team. We build and provide cloud platform and services that are used by data engineering teams and data scientists across Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology, particularly in processing data related to our streaming and web-based businesses (e.g., data from Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, etc.). We are looking for a rockstar engineer with experience building AI tools and services that help build the knowledge graph and the AI intelligence layer for a suite of Disney products. The successful candidate will have a passion for technology and solid coding skills. Knowledge of specific technologies may be helpful but is less important than an ability to learn quickly. We value team members who aren't afraid to dive deep when required, think for themselves, and have great communication and teamwork skills.Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:Contribute to maintaining, updating, and expanding existing AI intelligence layer encompassing Snowflake Cortex, AWS BedrockGood understanding of knowledge management and semantic search with experience in Graph databases and Open SearchArchitect, design, and code shared libraries that abstract complex business logic to allow consistent functionality across all data pipelines in the Data organization.Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineers to drive the success of the Data&AI strategy.Contribute to developing and documenting both internal and external standards and best practices for configurations, naming conventions, partitioning strategies, and more.Ensure high operational efficiency and quality of the AI projects.Be an active participant and advocate of agile/scrum ceremonies to collaborate and improve processes for our team.Engage with and understand our customers, forming relationships that allow us to understand and prioritize both innovative new offerings and incremental platform improvements.Maintain detailed documentation of your work and changes to support data quality and data governance requirements.Basic Qualifications7+ years software engineering experience in developing large projectsStrong algorithmic problem-solving expertiseStrong fundamental programming skills in python with knowledge of ML librariesProficient in AWS Bedrock, Snowflake Cortex, Databricks Genie.Proficient in Data Engineering technologies like Airflow, Spark, Databricks, SnowflakeStrong scripting language experiencePreferred QualificationsPassion to explore new technology and participate in proof of concepts.Enjoy new and meaningful technology or business challenges which require you to think and respond quickly.Passionate to automation, data, technology, & creative innovation.Prior experience building internet scale platforms.It would be awesome if you have a robust portfolio on GitHub and / or open-source contributions you are proud to shareRequired EducationBachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline or its equivalent","company":"Walt Disney Studios","rawCompany":"walt disney studios","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-22T02:02:12.950Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-2051.00","title":"Data Scientists","slug":"data-scientists"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Lead Product Software Engineer - Data Foundation Platform","description":"Lead Software EngineerDisney 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. 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