Senior Data Engineer - AI Data Foundations & Streaming

Disney; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale data foundations powering AI adoption across Ad Technology. You will own data flows into AI-ready stores, from streaming pipelines to vector stores and monitoring systems, partnering with the AI Core Engineering team.

As a senior engineer, you will mentor teammates, create robust, low-latency data pipelines, and ensure reliable, auditable data delivery that supports Disney's

Qualifications

• Experience building streaming and batch data pipelines.
• Knowledge of data modeling for AI-ready stores.
• Experience collaborating with AI/ML teams and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain streaming and batch data pipelines with low latency.
• Extend embedding workflows, vector store integrations for AI.
• Develop scalable storage and retrieval patterns for cost efficiency.
• Integrate pipelines with shared AI platform services like feature stores.
• Create reusable ingestion and transformation components.
• Ensure observability, data quality, governance, and reliability.

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale data foundations powering AI adoption across Ad Technology. You will own data flows into AI-ready stores, from streaming pipelines to vector stores and monitoring systems, partnering with the AI Core Engineering team.

As a senior engineer, you will mentor teammates, create robust, low-latency data pipelines, and ensure reliable, auditable data delivery that supports Disney's