Lead Data Platform Engineer
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10128776 Emplacement Burbank, Californie, États-Unis / Orlando, Floride, États-Unis / Seattle, Washington, États-Unis Entreprise The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date de publication 20/01/2026Résumé du poste:
Department Description
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.
Team Description:
The Data Solutions & Products group is part of Enterprise Technology. We are responsible for designing and developing enterprise solutions and managing a diverse portfolio of products and tools related to Data, Analytics and Automation used by business teams across The Walt Disney Company.
The Lead Data Platform Engineer position is one of the key technical leadership roles on the team. You will have the opportunity to be the Lead Engineer for major development projects related to data & analytics solutions and platforms. The first project this role will be responsible as the Lead Engineer for leading is the implementation of a Finance Data Layer—a data lakehouse that provides data to Finance systems and applications including an EPM system, BI reporting & analytics, and AI/ML applications.
You will be working in a challenging, fast-paced, highly collaborative and rewarding environment, as a member of product and project teams that work closely with each other and with our business partners to deliver innovative and industry-leading business solutions.
What You’ll Do:
Leading teams of developers (both Disney Cast Members and external vendors) in major software/data development projects.
Designing and developing highly scalable, distributed enterprise data platform solutions.
Design, develop and implement scalable distributed enterprise data platform solutions, focusing on multi-cluster warehousing, data sharing, and optimized storage.
Write code that establishes and enhances frameworks and design proof of concepts, and review code for correctness, and its impact on software architecture.
Lead the development of high-performance ETL/ELT pipelines using tools like dbt, Python, Airflow and more to integrate diverse data sources.
Provide mentorship and direction to more junior software engineers on the team; serve as an advanced resources for other engineers on the team.
Being the ongoing technical lead for data platform products (post-implementation)—leading engineering support for the production platform, leading ongoing enhancement projects, guiding technical product roadmap
Partner with Data Science, Analytics, and Product teams to ensure the platform meets evolving business requirements.
Establish standards for data modeling (Vault, Star Schema), security (RBAC), and data quality frameworks.
Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
Strong collaboration skills
Required Qualifications & Skills:
7+ years of professional programming and design experience in Scala, Java, Python etc.; demonstrated experience designing and developing enterprise data solutions and platforms
Demonstrated experience leading engineering initiatives on major software and data development projects
Experience with medallion-based data Lakehouse architectures
Experience with high-scale cloud data platforms and with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Expert knowledge of data integration, dimensional modeling and data warehousing techniques.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for data
Proficiency in Java, SQL
Experience with Snowflake
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with enterprise data domains is preferred (especially Finance and HR data)
Experience with AI/ML
Experience with SAP Systems (S4, BW, HANA, BDC)
Experience with EPM Systems (e.g. Oracle EPM)
Experience with Data Governance
Experience with Master Data Management
Experience with BI tools
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
Master’s Degree a Plus
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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $155,700 - $208,700 per year and in Seattle, WA is $163,100 - $218,700 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Informations Supplémentaires:
DISNEYTECHSur The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):
Chez Disney Corporate, vous verrez comment les secteurs d’activités qui animent les marques puissantes de la société se rassemblent pour former la société de divertissement la plus novatrice, développée et admirée au monde. En tant que membre d’une équipe d’entreprise, vous travaillerez avec les leaders de classe mondiale qui mettent au point les stratégies qui permettent à The Walt Disney Company de rester à la pointe du divertissement. Collaborez avec d’autres penseurs novateurs pour permettre aux meilleurs conteurs de créer des souvenirs pour des millions de familles du monde entier.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.