Data Software Engineer

About the Role: The Walt Disney Company's Enterprise Media and Marketing team is seeking a Data Engineer to join its Performance Marketing group. This cross-functional team brings together marketers, software engineers, data scientists, and analysts to support data-driven marketing campaigns and strategies. As a Data Engineer, you will help expand the team's technology portfolio, including campaign planning tools, data science workflows, and web applications that combine advertising strategies with data-backed insights. Embedded directly within Disney's media team, you will work closely with marketing and media professionals to develop and improve technology supporting paid media campaign execution and optimization. The role offers opportunities to work with modern technologies while contributing to solutions that support precise, data-driven marketing decisions.

Key Responsibilities: Contribute to the development of tools and applications used by the Performance Marketing group. Establish and maintain data engineering, data modeling, and architectural standards across the team. Maintain high standards for pipeline development, observability, and documentation. Build and manage end-to-end data pipelines, connecting source systems with end-user teams, applications, and consumers. Collaborate with media and marketing experts to develop prototypes and turn them into reliable, production-ready data pipelines and applications. Implement quality controls, monitoring, and safeguards to ensure campaign optimizations are applied accurately and safely. Ensure key business metrics are presented accurately and consistently.

Required Qualifications and Skills: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.3+ years of experience designing and delivering backend architectures in a production environment. Strong understanding of software design patterns and best practices. Strong understanding of how to use AI and large language models (LLMs) effectively in software development, including the ability to distinguish practical value from emerging trends and apply useful solutions. Experience with Spark and SQL.Experience building simple, maintainable data pipelines on scaled data platforms. Ability to investigate and understand complex technical components in depth. Experience working in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams. Ability to translate business needs into practical, clearly defined technical requirements.

Work Location and Arrangement: This is not a remote position. Candidates must be located in the local area or be open to relocation.

Salary and Compensation: The hiring range for this position in New York City is $113,700–$152,400 per year. The actual base salary offered will depend on factors including internal equity, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may also be included in the compensation package.

Benefits: The compensation package may include a range of medical, financial, and other benefits, depending on the level and position offered.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Disney Entertainment Operations LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. The Walt Disney Company and its affiliated companies welcome all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to access or apply through the online job application system, please visit Disney's candidate disability accommodations FAQs. For technical issues with the application process, candidates can refer to the available FAQs.

Additional Information: Candidates can review The Walt Disney Company's guidelines on the use of AI during the application process.