Data Engineer II

The Walt Disney Company

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Seattle, WANew York, NYSanta Monica, CA
Salary
$112,000–$150,100 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Similar $152k
This role $131k
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $126,175–$177,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $131k versus about $152k for comparable roles.

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About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is a diversified global entertainment and media enterprise operating in segments including Disney Parks, Experiences and Products; Entertainment (ABC, Hulu, Disney+); and ESPN. Industry: Entertainment & Media

The Walt Disney Company currently has 125 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,700–$199,400 across 125 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Data Engineer II

The Data Engineer II joins the Core Data team within the Discovery Data group to build the foundational data layer for machine learning models and user experience APIs. You will design, craft, and own high-quality datasets, source and validate diverse upstream data sources, and identify new user and content features for recommendation systems. Daily tasks include building and optimizing large-scale data processing jobs, pipelines, and workloads while implementing checks, anomaly detection, and monitoring to ensure data reliability. You will utilize Python, Java, Databricks, and distributed data processing frameworks like Apache Spark within a public cloud provider. The role solves the technical challenge of sourcing high-quality data to feed recommendation and browse systems, providing personalized content discovery across web, mobile, and living room devices for millions of subscribers.

What does a Data Engineer earn in New York?

Median $185022 from 33 postings across 21 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and own high-quality foundational datasets to provide reliable inputs for machine learning models.
  • Source, analyze, and validate diverse upstream data sources and raw signals using exploratory data analysis.
  • Identify and build new user and content data features for recommendation systems.
  • Build, optimize, and maintain large-scale data processing jobs, pipelines, and workloads.
  • Improve data quality and reliability by implementing checks, anomaly detection, testing, and monitoring.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support and maintain critical production data pipelines.
  • Follow observability best practices to contribute to overall operational excellence.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 3 years of experience working with large scale data workloads, building datasets, and developing data pipelines.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or a comparable object-oriented language.
  • Experience working with Databricks or equivalent large-scale data processing platforms.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of operating within a Public Cloud Provider such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Experience working with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
  • Proficiency in Databricks to build data pipelines (preferred).

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