This role pays less than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$187,252–$250,259
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$174k
versus about
$219k
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
152 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$146,850–$190,300
across 148 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, you will join a team dedicated to building and operating large-scale data infrastructure for real-time personalization and live sports experiences. Your day-to-day responsibilities include developing high-throughput streaming data pipelines, feature computation systems, and ML-adjacent services that ensure reliability and efficiency in production environments. You will work closely with senior engineers, data scientists, and platform teams to implement modern distributed data frameworks like Kafka, Kinesis, Spark, and Flink, ensuring low-latency data processing for real-time decision-making. The role requires proficiency in Python, Java, Scala, Go, or C++, as well as experience with cloud-native environments such as AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC tools. Ideal candidates have a background in building scalable ML systems and are familiar with feature stores, event-driven architectures, and operational best practices for production data infrastructure.