Senior Data Engineering Lead - Shape Next-Gen Data Products

1976 Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 163,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus & long‑term incentives

Job summary

Disney Experiences Technology & Digital in Orlando, FL is seeking a hands‑on leader to guide the data engineering team building modern data products and pipelines for guest experiences. You will drive data-driven insights while ensuring privacy and security across a growing data platform.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, and translate business needs into well‑scoped engineering work, contributing to a strategic roadmap and best‑in‑class data practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years related work experience, including 3+ years leading or mentoring engineers.
• Solid working knowledge of Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Advanced Analytics, and Data Science implementations.
• Experience with Data Warehouse platforms such as Snowflake and BigQuery, with strong working knowledge of the Snowflake Platform.
• Familiarity with Data Lakehouse architectures and formats/standards, such as Parquet and Iceberg.
• Experience designing or maintaining automated, highly available ETL/ELT big data pipelines at scale.
• Experience with data transformation and orchestration tools such as dbt and Airflow.
• Familiarity with data quality practices and tooling such as Data Dog and Anomalo.
• Familiarity with data security and privacy regulations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• A team player with vision, passion, discipline, and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders across the organization to understand business needs and translate them into well‑scoped engineering work
• Execute against the strategy and roadmap for data products supporting Guest experiences, and contribute ideas that help shape it
• Lead a team of engineers day‑to‑day, balancing delivery against plans with the growth and development of individual team members
• Reinforce a strong culture of best practices and standards in data and engineering
• Serve as a technical resource on delivery practices, able to speak to capabilities and processes with engineers and partners alike
• Support data collection strategies and onboarding processes that enable improved data capabilities while adhering to data privacy requirements
• Stay current on product direction for applicable technologies to understand how shifts in the consumer privacy landscape may affect the Guest data strategy

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Warehousing

Advanced Analytics

Data Science implementations

ETL/ELT pipelines

dbt

Airflow

Data Dog

Anomalo

Data security & privacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

dbt

Airflow

Parquet

Iceberg

Job description

Disney Experiences Technology & Digital in Orlando, FL is seeking a hands‑on leader to guide the data engineering team building modern data products and pipelines for guest experiences. You will drive data-driven insights while ensuring privacy and security across a growing data platform.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, and translate business needs into well‑scoped engineering work, contributing to a strategic roadmap and best‑in‑class data practices.