Senior Software Engineer

🕒 May 21

🏢🏡 New York City – Hybrid

💵 $148.7k - $199.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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The Walt Disney Company

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1923

📱 Media

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2020-04

Media • Entertainment

The Walt Disney Company is a global entertainment company known for its iconic storytelling, characters, and experiences across various platforms and devices. With a focus on delivering memorable experiences to guests worldwide, Disney operates through its iconic theme parks, media networks, and film studios. It is committed to respecting privacy and providing transparency in its data collection and usage processes. The company also ensures compliance with various privacy laws and offers options for consumers to manage their privacy settings. Disney's dedication spans across film, television, and interactive media, making it a leader in the media and entertainment industry.

📋 Description

• Own the design and operation of production-grade, intelligent systems leveraging real-time signals and AI-driven detection to ensure the health of critical services and premium customer experiences • Lead the development of agentic AI systems powered by modern foundation models (e.g., Claude Opus/Sonnet, GPT-4) • You will define the strategy for automated reasoning, decisioning, and predictive modeling for global-scale system reliability • Oversee the creation of end-to-end data pipelines that process high-volume telemetry and user signals into actionable, automated insights and root cause analysis • Design and maintain scalable APIs and microservices that provide explainability and predictive signals to cross-functional engineering and product stakeholders • Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to embed intelligence into global workflows (incident response, release validation), significantly reducing Time-to-Detect (TTD) and Time-to-Resolve (TTR) • Promote engineering best practices, provide technical guidance through code and design reviews, and drive innovation in observability and developer productivity through applied AI.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of applicable experience in backend development, with a proven track record of building and scaling AI-powered or data-driven applications • Advanced proficiency with modern models (GPT-4/o1, Claude Opus/Sonnet, Bedrock), including deep experience in prompt engineering, model evaluation, and building complex agentic workflows using frameworks like LangChain or LangGraph • Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience deploying and monitoring ML systems (PyTorch/TensorFlow) and large-scale data processing (PySpark, Pandas) in production environments • Strong experience with AWS ecosystem and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) at scale • Proven ability to lead technical projects, mentor junior talent, and champion software development best practices (Git, CI/CD, Agile) • Expert level use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude) to accelerate team velocity and maintain high code quality • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and explain complex AI/technical concepts to both technical and non-technical partners.

🏖️ Benefits

• A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package • Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered