Sr Data Science Architect

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, C++, C Programming, SQL, Apache Hadoop, Scala Programming, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, PyTorch, TensorFlow, MapReduce, R Programming

Job Description

Location Los Angeles, California, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / New York, New York, United States

Business Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution

Flex Type Hybrid Preferred, Remote Possible

- This role is considered hybrid, which means the employee will work a portion of their time on-site from a Company designated location and the remainder of their time remotely. A remote opportunity may be possible for qualified candidates under certain circumstances and, if granted, the employee would work remotely on an ongoing basis.

Job Summary:

Supporting the Disney Advertising Sales organization within our Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) segment, the Audience Modeling and Data Science team are subject matter experts in each of the following areas:

• Creating and optimizing audience classification models that enable us to predict and target strategic audience attributes, including brand affinity, purchase behavior, and psychographics
• Integrating a broad suite of complex datasets, from digital event logs to sporting event metadata, into carefully curated and reusable data models
• Publishing audience attributes across an array of ad-serving endpoints
• Working cross-functionally to ensure our data product is aligned with the goals of each strategic sales vertical and the business as a whole

We’re looking for an intellectually curious, business-savvy, analytical powerhouse to join The Walt Disney Company’s DMED segment as a data scientist on the ad sales team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving improvements across DMED’s portfolio of offerings by using data. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, you will develop, drive, and oversee new strategies to ensure the growth of the business and the overall bottom line.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and expand machine learning processes enabling training and scoring at scale.
• Develop and own data processing pipelines, stitching together streaming, advertising, and other feeds at the terabyte scale.
• Transform complex data relationships into a consumable and intuitive data model.
• Implement cutting-edge authoring, orchestration, and monitoring tools.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years’ experience in data science or data engineering
• Strong experience in Google Cloud, including excellent proficiency in BigQuery.
• Solid experience in Apache Beam and/or Apache Spark
• Proficiency in maintaining team projects in Git and GitHub
• Experience preferred in any of the following: transformation tools (such as DBT and Dataform), integration tools (such as Matillion and Airbyte), orchestration tools (such as Airflow and Dagster), MLFlow.
• Understanding of ML processes and how they relate to underlying datasets.
• Innovative thinker capable of operating both in a strategic capacity (big-picture perspective, asks why) and a hands-on/execution capacity (detail-oriented, conscientious)

About Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution:

Comprised of the Company’s international business units and various direct-to-consumer streaming services, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) aligns technology, media distribution and advertising sales into a single business segment to create and deliver personalized entertainment experiences to consumers around the world.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Advertising Sales, LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution.

Disney Advertising Sales, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.