Forward-Deployed AI Product Engineer

The Walt Disney Company; Burbank, Glendale (CA, CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Burbank/Glendale, CA seeks an early-career Forward Deployed Product Engineer to define problems, build AI-powered features, and ship end-to-end solutions for multiple business teams. You will work with stakeholders, design user experiences, and apply LLM APIs, RAG, and automation to deliver practical products.

Join a hands-on team led by a manager, contribute code, and learn rapidly while turning ideas into production-ready Disney AI tooling across Marketing, Finance,

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience shipping software products for real users, including at least 1 year shipping AI-powered features in production.
• Technical product development
• Experience with modern AI development tools and methods, such as prompt design, agents, RAG, LLM APIs, and evals.
• Daily or frequent use of AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar tools.
• Ability to read and reason about code, debug with teammates, and work with data using SQL, APIs, or basic transformations.
• Strong product and business judgment, with experience connecting features to user needs and business outcomes.
• Strong learning agility and comfort working with new tools and changing technology.
• Ability to communicate clearly with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI-powered features from problem definition through production.
• Work directly with stakeholders to understand business needs and gather feedback.
• Own the user experience, including workflows, interfaces, automation, and human-in-the-loop decisions.
• Use tools such as LLM APIs, prompt design, RAG, agents, and evaluation methods to solve problems effectively.
• Build within Disney’s enterprise systems with appropriate security, monitoring, and operational practices.
• Test changes before launch using regression checks, golden sets, and other evaluation methods.
• Contribute reusable code, tools, and patterns when they can help future engagements.
• Partner with teammates through code reviews, debugging, and shared problem solving.
• Explain technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly to business stakeholders.

Skills

Technical product dev

AI development tools

LLM tools and evals

SQL and APIs

Product/business judgment

Learning agility

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

LLM APIs

Cursor

Claude

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Burbank/Glendale, CA seeks an early-career Forward Deployed Product Engineer to define problems, build AI-powered features, and ship end-to-end solutions for multiple business teams. You will work with stakeholders, design user experiences, and apply LLM APIs, RAG, and automation to deliver practical products.

Join a hands-on team led by a manager, contribute code, and learn rapidly while turning ideas into production-ready Disney AI tooling across Marketing, Finance,