Lead Data Platform Engineer
Jetzt bewerben Später bewerben Job ID 10128776 Standort Burbank, Kalifornien, USA / Orlando, Florida, USA / Seattle, Washington, USA Veröffentlichungsdatum 20/01/2026 Unternehmen The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)Job-Zusammenfassung:
Department Description
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.
Team Description:
The Data Solutions & Products group is part of Enterprise Technology. We are responsible for designing and developing enterprise solutions and managing a diverse portfolio of products and tools related to Data, Analytics and Automation used by business teams across The Walt Disney Company.
The Lead Data Platform Engineer position is one of the key technical leadership roles on the team. You will have the opportunity to be the Lead Engineer for major development projects related to data & analytics solutions and platforms. The first project this role will be responsible as the Lead Engineer for leading is the implementation of a Finance Data Layer—a data lakehouse that provides data to Finance systems and applications including an EPM system, BI reporting & analytics, and AI/ML applications.
You will be working in a challenging, fast-paced, highly collaborative and rewarding environment, as a member of product and project teams that work closely with each other and with our business partners to deliver innovative and industry-leading business solutions.
What You’ll Do:
Leading teams of developers (both Disney Cast Members and external vendors) in major software/data development projects.
Designing and developing highly scalable, distributed enterprise data platform solutions.
Design, develop and implement scalable distributed enterprise data platform solutions, focusing on multi-cluster warehousing, data sharing, and optimized storage.
Write code that establishes and enhances frameworks and design proof of concepts, and review code for correctness, and its impact on software architecture.
Lead the development of high-performance ETL/ELT pipelines using tools like dbt, Python, Airflow and more to integrate diverse data sources.
Provide mentorship and direction to more junior software engineers on the team; serve as an advanced resources for other engineers on the team.
Being the ongoing technical lead for data platform products (post-implementation)—leading engineering support for the production platform, leading ongoing enhancement projects, guiding technical product roadmap
Partner with Data Science, Analytics, and Product teams to ensure the platform meets evolving business requirements.
Establish standards for data modeling (Vault, Star Schema), security (RBAC), and data quality frameworks.
Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
Strong collaboration skills
Required Qualifications & Skills:
7+ years of professional programming and design experience in Scala, Java, Python etc.; demonstrated experience designing and developing enterprise data solutions and platforms
Demonstrated experience leading engineering initiatives on major software and data development projects
Experience with medallion-based data Lakehouse architectures
Experience with high-scale cloud data platforms and with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Expert knowledge of data integration, dimensional modeling and data warehousing techniques.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for data
Proficiency in Java, SQL
Experience with Snowflake
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with enterprise data domains is preferred (especially Finance and HR data)
Experience with AI/ML
Experience with SAP Systems (S4, BW, HANA, BDC)
Experience with EPM Systems (e.g. Oracle EPM)
Experience with Data Governance
Experience with Master Data Management
Experience with BI tools
Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Master’s Degree a Plus
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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $155,700 - $208,700 per year and in Seattle, WA is $163,100 - $218,700 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Weitere Informationen:
DISNEYTECHÜber The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):
Bei Disney Corporate erleben Sie, wie die Unternehmen hinter den starken Marken des Konzerns gemeinsam das innovativste, weitreichendste und am meisten bewunderte Entertainment-Unternehmen der Welt schaffen. Als Mitglied eines Konzernteams arbeiten Sie mit Weltklasse-Führungskräften zusammen, die mit innovativen Strategien dafür sorgen, dass The Walt Disney Company ihren Spitzenplatz in der Unterhaltungsbranche behält. Mischen Sie sich unter andere innovative Köpfe und helfen Sie den besten Geschichtenerzählern der Welt, unvergessliche Erinnerungen für Millionen von Familien rund um den Globus zu kreieren.
Über The Walt Disney Company:
Die Walt Disney Company ist zusammen mit ihren Tochtergesellschaften und verbundenen Unternehmen ein führendes, diversifiziertes internationales Familienunterhaltungs- und Medienunternehmen mit folgenden Geschäftsbereichen: Disney Entertainment, ESPN sowie Disney Experiences. Von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen als Zeichentrickfilmstudio in den 1920er Jahren bis zu seiner aktuellen Vorreiterrolle in der Unterhaltungsindustrie trägt Disney stolz sein Erbe weiter und bietet Geschichten und Erlebnisse von Weltklasse, die alle Familienmitglieder bezaubern. Disneys Geschichten, Figuren und Abenteuer erreichen Verbraucher und Gäste aus allen Teilen der Welt. Gemeinsam schaffen unsere Mitarbeiter und Darsteller aus Niederlassungen in über 40 Ländern der Welt Unterhaltungserlebnisse, die sowohl auf globaler Ebene als auch im heimischen Umfeld begeistern.
Diese Position ist bei Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., das Teil eines Geschäftssegments ist, das wir The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) nennen.
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