Description
We are seeking a Data Engineer to join the Performance Marketing arm of our Enterprise Media and Marketing team at The Walt Disney Company. As a Data Engineer, you will help expand our technology portfolio of innovative campaign planning tools, complex data science workflows, and elegant web applications that blend the art of advertising with the science of data-backed insights.
What You Will Do
- Contribute to the development of the suite of tools used by the Performance Marketing group
- Drive data engineering, data modeling, and architectural standards within the team; uphold standards and rigor around pipeline development, observability, and documentation
- Create and manage end-to-end data pipelines – from source system to end consumer teams, applications, and users
- Collaborate with the broader team of media/marketing experts to rapidly iterate from prototypes to high-quality, production pipelines and applications
- Implement quality controls, monitoring, and other safeguards to ensure optimizations are accurately and safely applied to in-flight ad campaigns and key business metrics are always presented accurately
Required Qualifications & 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, with a strong understanding of design patterns and best practices
- Strong opinions on how to best use AI/LLMs in the software development process; ability to quickly discern hype from value in the quickly evolving AI landscape (and an equal ability to put it into practice)
- Experience with Spark and SQL; experience building simple and maintainable data pipelines on scaled data platforms
- Ability to dive deep into any technical component
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into reality-based requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working effectively with data science teams
- Specific experience with our stack: Spark, Python, Databricks/Snowflake, AWS, Terraform
- Knowledge of media buying and ad platforms including DMPs, Google Ads, Facebook/Instagram, Innovid, LiveRamp and DSPs (Google Display Video, The Trade Desk, Yahoo)
The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $108,500.00 - $145,500.00 per year. 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.