Data Engineer for Marketing AI Pipelines (Onsite NYC)

Disney Entertainment Operations LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 114,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment Operations LLC is seeking a Software Data Engineer to support Performance Marketing by building data pipelines, models, and planning tooling. The role sits within the Disney media team, collaborating with marketers and engineers to enhance data-driven paid media execution.

You will lead data engineering, establish architectural standards, and deliver end-to-end pipelines from source systems through to end-user applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field.
• 3+ years designing and delivering backend architectures in production.
• Experience applying AI/LLMs in software development workflows.
• Experience with Spark and SQL and building data pipelines on large data platforms.
• Ability to dive deep into technical components as needed.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and expand data pipelines and tool suites for Performance Marketing.
• Lead data engineering and architectural standards across the team, including pipelines, observability, and docs.
• Build end-to-end data pipelines from source systems to end users and applications.
• Collaborate with media and marketing experts to move prototypes to production-ready pipelines.
• Implement quality controls and monitoring to ensure accurate campaign optimization and metric integrity.

Skills

AI/LLMs in software development

Backend architecture design

Cross-functional collaboration

Deep technical dive

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Spark

SQL

Python

Databricks/Snowflake

AWS/Terraform

Job description

Disney Entertainment Operations LLC is seeking a Software Data Engineer to support Performance Marketing by building data pipelines, models, and planning tooling. The role sits within the Disney media team, collaborating with marketers and engineers to enhance data-driven paid media execution.

You will lead data engineering, establish architectural standards, and deliver end-to-end pipelines from source systems through to end-user applications.