Senior ML Engineer, AI Platform & MLOps

The Walt Disney Company; Orlando, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in Orlando to design, build, and deploy scalable AI/ML solutions across Disney Experiences. You will own production-grade AI systems, lead LLMOps/MLops, and collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and partners to deliver high-impact outcomes.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, observability, Responsible AI, and cross-functional leadership in a fast-evolving environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of designing, building, and deploying AI/ML solutions at scale, with 1–2 years in Generative AI.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational backbone of the AI/ML platform — design and run the CI/CD pipelines, model/agent versioning, automated deployment, rollback, and release management that move systems from experimentation to production reliably and repeatably.
• Stand up comprehensive observability and monitoring infrastructure — model/agent performance, drift, data quality, latency, cost, and reliability — with alerting and automated remediation where possible.
• Develop production-scale AI systems, including multi-step agentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration platforms, and operationalize them end to end.
• Drive complete ownership of the AI/ML lifecycle — implementation, testing, deployment, and continuous operational monitoring — delivering projects on schedule and to specification.
• Design and implement Responsible AI frameworks — hallucination detection, safety guardrails, evaluation systems, and observability — to ensure model reliability, accuracy, and ethical deployment.
• Establish evaluation frameworks for Large Language Models and agent-based systems, measuring model quality, task success rates, safety compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Champion LLMOps and MLOps best practices — infrastructure-as-code, reproducibility, automated testing, and environment parity — across the platform.
• Partner strategically with cross-functional stakeholders including product managers, data scientists, application teams, vendors, and partners to align on requirements, iterate on solutions, and deliver successful outcomes.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership, driving architectural decisions across AI development, LLMOps , quality assurance, and production deployment.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical blockers that could impact project timelines or deliverables.
• Communicate technical strategy and progress to executive leadership and key stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Engage directly in development and problem‑solving on high‑complexity technical challenges to maintain project velocity and quality.
• Drive innovation through research and experimentation with emerging AI technologies and frameworks, evaluating and integrating new capabilities that advance our platform.

Skills

Python

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in Orlando to design, build, and deploy scalable AI/ML solutions across Disney Experiences. You will own production-grade AI systems, lead LLMOps/MLops, and collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and partners to deliver high-impact outcomes.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, observability, Responsible AI, and cross-functional leadership in a fast-evolving environment.