Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Tech & AI Agents

Walt Disney Animation Studios; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Walt Disney Animation Studios seeks an Emerging Technology Sr. Software Engineer to build agentic workflows and tooling that empower technologists and production teams across the studio.

You will define agent definitions, run MCP servers, and connect agents to Maya, Houdini, Nuke, and internal tools. The role emphasizes responsible use of new tech, collaboration across disciplines, and delivering scalable, production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent field; or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of software development/AI/ML engineering experience.
• Experience with large language models, agents, tool use, and prompt engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain agents and agentic workflows for technologists and production teams.
• Define agent definition frameworks, orchestration, runtime components, and prompt management.
• Develop MCP servers, APIs, and integrations connecting agents to studio data and tools.
• Create agent context artifacts for high reliability in long-running agents.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to guide use cases from concept to production.
• Coordinate with security and platform teams to align with standards and guardrails.
• Produce documented standards, blueprints, and reusable patterns.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and share findings to shape technical direction.
• Support adoption via demos, docs, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Large language models

Agentic workflows

APIs & backend

Collaboration

Communication

CI/CD pipelines

UNIX/Linux

Education

BS in Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

SQL

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

APIs

Job description

Walt Disney Animation Studios seeks an Emerging Technology Sr. Software Engineer to build agentic workflows and tooling that empower technologists and production teams across the studio.

You will define agent definitions, run MCP servers, and connect agents to Maya, Houdini, Nuke, and internal tools. The role emphasizes responsible use of new tech, collaboration across disciplines, and delivering scalable, production-ready solutions.