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Disney
Conceptualize and co-develop innovative AI/ML solutions for media understanding, focusing on prompt engineering, VLM evaluation, and bridging experimentation to production for generative and non-generative AI techniques.
Requires at least 7 years of data science experience, proficiency in Python with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch, hands-on experience with LLM prompting and fine-tuning, and familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS.
Department/Group Overview:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
1. Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
2. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.
Job Summary:
The Content Platforms team manages a diverse suite of products and services that power Disney’s media supply chain, enabling content delivery for iconic brands like Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, ABC, Marvel, and Star Wars.
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Scientist to help us develop and deploy techniques that can understand our media. This is a hands-on role for a builder and systems thinker who can take ideas from a concept to a functional, high-performance prototype with speed and ingenuity.
In this role you will:
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
We’re looking for a candidate that meets these basic requirements:
After the basic requirements, below are our preferred requirements.
You don’t need to meet all of these, but it would be advantageous to meet one or more:
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Base Salary (from JD)
$155,700 – $208,700
AI Est. Total Comp
$245,970
Location
Glendale
Work Type
On-site
Seniority
staff
Experience
8+ years
Category
AI/GenAI
Visa Sponsorship
Unknown