Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization & Recommendations

Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization & RecommendationsJob ID: 10104823Location: Seattle, Washington, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United StatesBusiness: Disney EntertainmentDate posted: 3---. 11, 2025Job Summary:On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Our team is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining Hulu's recommendation and personalization algorithms. As part of this team, you will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Data teams to apply machine learning techniques to achieve strategic personalization goals.Responsibilities:

• Developing and prototyping state-of-the-art Deep Neural Net algorithms for recommendation systems.
• Deliver a conceptual solution into production-level implementation & operation at scale, for global user services.
• Quickly learn our complex streaming recommendation systems and deep dive into individual components & systems as well as understand overall framework/architecture.
• Identify impactful opportunities to improve our business operations and develop practical solutions and plans to lift our business KPI's.
• Drive business decisions by data driven and pragmatic approach.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Leadership to technically guide a team of engineers and work collaboratively with peers to achieve goals with deadlines.Experience with:
  • 7+ years of experience in developing highly scalable machine learning products.
  • 7+ years writing production-level, scalable Python codes.Basic qualifications:
    • Strong proficiency in at least one of the following deep learning frameworks: TensorFlow, Pytorch.
    • Experience building and deploying full stack ML pipelines: data extraction, data mining, model training, feature development, testing, and deployment.
    • Track record from design to full production of effective recommendation systems.
    • Experience with cloud services in a production environment (particularly AWS).
    • Understanding of statistical concepts (e.g., hypothesis testing, regression analysis).
    • Ability to articulate the usage and behavior of models and algorithms to both technical and non-technical audiences.Preferred qualifications:
      • MS or PhD in statistics, math, computer science, or related quantitative field.
      • Production experience with developing content recommendation algorithms at scale and familiar with metadata management, data lineage, and principles of data governance.
      • Deep understanding in personalization challenges in homepage experience and proven records of developing effective solutions.Required Education:
        • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.Compensation:The hiring range for this position in New York, NY & Seattle, WA is $172,300-$231,100 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $180,200 to $241,600 per year, and in Los Angeles, CA is $164,500 to $220,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.About Disney Entertainment:At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company's powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in 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.This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment.Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
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