This role pays less than
88%
of similar roles. Most pay
$199,350–$254,750
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$174k
versus about
$227k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
118 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$148,700–$199,400
across 118 roles with salary data.
Lead Machine Learning Engineer - News joins the News ML team to build robust data pipelines and advanced machine learning platforms for ABC News, Good Morning America, and local news stations. This role involves designing infrastructure for scalable learning, inference, and monitoring while developing tools for data discovery, quality, and feature libraries. The engineer will drive solutions for recommendation systems, object detection, autogenerated tagging, and RAGs to deliver low-latency personalized content across web, mobile, and connected TV platforms. Key technical requirements include experience with deep learning algorithms, Spark, Databricks, Kinesis, Kafka, and AWS services like Lambda, Glue, and SQS. The role requires expertise in backend microservices, REST, and observability tools like Datadog to solve complex problems in content personalization and targeted distribution within a large-scale distributed systems environment.