Staff Data Engineer (Audio/ML)
The Walt Disney Company
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This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $167,500–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $242k versus about $195k for comparable roles.
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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.
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The Skywalker Sound Development Group is seeking a Sr Staff R&D Engineer to lead the development of transformative audio intelligence technologies for global media production. As part of the applied R&D team, you will architect and optimize machine learning systems for speech processing, style transfer, upmixing, source separation, and generative audio synthesis. You will build scalable training pipelines using PyTorch and distributed computing frameworks while developing novel models including latent diffusion, flow-based models, variational autoencoders, and neural vocoders. The role involves managing the full model lifecycle, from pretraining and fine-tuning to inference optimization and CI/CD integration. Key technical requirements include expertise in MLOps tools like Weights & Biases or MLflow, Docker containerization, and audio signal processing fundamentals. You will solve complex problems in media post-production by translating emerging research into production-ready solutions for professional soundtrack environments.
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