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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Machine Learning Engineer - **Company:** The Walt Disney Company - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $148,700.0 - $199,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Data Discovery, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Object Detection, Recommender Systems, Azure Machine Learning, Software Deployment, Workflow Management Systems, Datadog, Data Logging, Feature Engineering, Apache Spark, Deep Learning, Backend, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Machine Learning Operations, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Data Pipelines, Databricks, Microservices - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/4c7a873c-be47-4d6c-b107-9ae7267fecfc ## About the Role * Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Math, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience * 5+ years of experience building and operating ML engineering systems in production environments * Expertise in data science, deep learning algorithms, or statistical methods to solve real-world engineering problems * Comfortable operating at all levels of the predictive stack, including data collection, data analysis, feature engineering, batch training and low-latency online serving * Experience designing and developing backend microservices for large-scale distributed systems using REST * Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS (Step Functions, Lambda, Glue, SQS, SNS, Personalize) * Familiarity with developing and deploying Spark and ML pipelines * Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Databricks, Kinesis, Kafka * Proven leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and empower a team towards achieving business goals * Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring such as Datadog * Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments * Excellent communication skills and a commitment to collaboration in a fast-paced, guest-focused environment ## Description Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. The News ML team is responsible for building robust data pipelines and advanced machine learning platforms that deliver personalized experiences to users across ABC News, Good Morning America, and local news stations. Our services leverage machine learning models to enable real-time content personalization and targeted distribution across web, mobile, and connected TV platforms, ensuring that users receive the most relevant and engaging news content tailored to their interests. Our mission is to drive seamless, resilient, and low-latency personalized content delivery at scale, while continuously advancing our ML infrastructure and recommendation algorithms. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will play a leading role in shaping the technical direction of the News ML Platform. You will drive infrastructure for scalable learning, inference, and monitoring, conduct in-depth data exploration and analysis, and collaborate across product, data, and engineering teams to power exceptional, personalized guest experiences. Your work will directly support strategic initiatives to help shape the roadmap for algorithmic innovation while ensuring that solutions are scalable, impactful, and aligned with stakeholder needs., * Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from technical design through production deployment and operational excellence * Design and develop infrastructure supporting the full cycle of machine learning, including data pipelines and workflow orchestration, data discovery and quality tools, and feature libraries * Drive data and ML-driven solutions for diverse engineering use cases such as recommendation systems, object detection, autogenerated tagging solutions, RAGs * Partner with product, editorial, and engineering stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions * Strategically prioritize initiatives and technical workstreams to deliver the highest-impact and most time-sensitive outcomes, while proactively identifying, communicating, and mitigating risks to ensure successful execution * Champion engineering best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and incident response * Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement * Contribute to technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing across teams ## Related Videos - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [MLops – Deploying, Maintaining And Evolving Machine Learning Models in Production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/115-mlops-deploying-maintaining-and-evolving-machine-learning-models-in-production) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models)