Data Engineer I: Marketing Data Pipelines & Analytics

The Walt Disney Company; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Santa Monica, CA is hiring a Data Engineer I to design, build, and maintain data pipelines that power acquisition reporting and marketing analytics. You will work across AWS, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Snowflake, and Airflow to create reliable, scalable ingestion and transformation solutions.

Join a team that handles large-scale marketing data, collaborates with analytics partners, and contributes to dashboards and executive insights.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in SQL with advanced analytics and window functions.
• Hands-on experience with PySpark or Spark SQL in production.
• Good understanding of data modeling and ETL/ELT design patterns.
• Experience building pipelines in Databricks including Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.
• Experience in AWS services like S3, IAM, EC2, Glue, or Lambda.
• Experience with Airflow or similar orchestration tools.
• Experience handling semi-structured formats (JSON, Parquet, CSV).
• Experience with Git/GitHub CI/CD and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines for acquisition reporting using Databricks and PySpark under guidance.
• Migrate Snowflake SQL scripts to Databricks UC and ensure governance and data quality.
• Develop ingestion processes for marketing vendor data and perform data normalization and validation.
• Implement data quality checks, monitoring alerts, and issue triage across Databricks, Snowflake, and Airflow.
• Collaborate with Data Reliability Engineering for SLA monitoring and logging improvements.
• Work with analytics and marketing partners to understand data requirements and ensure dataset accuracy for dashboards.

Skills

SQL

PySpark

Spark SQL

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

Databricks

Unity Catalog

AWS

Airflow

Git/GitHub CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Data Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Airflow

Snowflake

AWS (S3/IAM/EC2/Glue/Lambda)

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Santa Monica, CA is hiring a Data Engineer I to design, build, and maintain data pipelines that power acquisition reporting and marketing analytics. You will work across AWS, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Snowflake, and Airflow to create reliable, scalable ingestion and transformation solutions.

Join a team that handles large-scale marketing data, collaborates with analytics partners, and contributes to dashboards and executive insights.