Full-Time

Lead Software Engineer

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

10,001+ employees

Leading producers & providers of entertainment and information

Compensation Overview

$152.2k - $223.6k/yr

+ Bonus + Long-term Incentive Units

Senior, Expert

Seattle, WA, USA + 4 more

More locations: Santa Monica, CA, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Bristol, CT, USA | New York, NY, USA

The hiring range for this position varies by location: Santa Monica, CA ($152,200 to $204,100), Bristol, CT ($152,200 to $204,100), Seattle, WA ($159,500 to $213,900), New York City, NY ($159,500 to $213,900), and San Francisco, CA ($166,800 to $223,600).

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Agile
Python
Airflow
Data Science
Apache Spark
SQL
AWS
Scala
SCRUM
Databricks
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • At least 7 years of data engineering experience developing large data pipelines.
  • Strong hands-on Experience with Cloud technologies like AWS (S3, EMR, EC2) and building data pipelines.
  • Strong algorithmic problem-solving expertise
  • Strong SQL skills and ability to create queries to extract data, build performant datasets and perform Data Analysis.
  • Strong Hands-on experience with distributed systems such as Spark, Pyspark to query and process data.
  • Strong fundamental Python programming skills.
  • Solid experience with data integration toolsets (i.e Airflow) and writing and maintaining Data Pipelines with Databricks.
  • Demonstrated competency in data modeling and analysis techniques.
  • Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical skills
  • Verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate with others effectively.
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the architecture, design and growth of our Data Products and Data pipelines in Scala and Python / Spark while maintaining uptime SLAs.
  • Design and develop scalable data warehousing solutions, building ETL pipelines in Big Data cloud environments.
  • Implement the Lakehouse architecture, working with key partners to shift towards a Lakehouse-centric data platform.
  • Lead a module and be well versed with the Business functionality to support Data questions and analysis for the Business stakeholders.
  • Able to understand Business Use Cases/ problems and provide relevant Business & technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with Data Product Managers, Data Architects and Data Engineers to design, implement, and deliver successful data solutions.
  • Maintain detailed documentation of your work and changes to support data quality and data governance.
  • Ensure high operational efficiency and quality of your solutions to meet SLAs and support commitment to our customers (Data Science, Data Analytics teams)
  • Be an active participant and advocate of agile/scrum practice to ensure health and process improvements for your team.
  • Be a problem solver; when presented with new challenges, you are expected to research and network to find solutions.
  • Seek out answers to business problems and look for opportunities to automate processes & optimize Cost.
  • Engage with and understand our customers, forming relationships that allow us to understand and prioritize both innovative new offerings and incremental platform improvements.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with at least one major Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) or cloud database technology (Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query)
  • Experience in Data Modeling techniques and Data Warehousing standard methodologies and practices
  • Experience with Software Application development.
  • Good data acumen to understand domain /functional knowledge and to be able to articulate analysis of data points in business context for stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills including ability to partner with others and build consensus in a cross-functional team toward a desired outcome.
  • Experience working with a test first mentality.
  • Deep Understanding of AWS or other cloud providers as well as infrastructure as code
  • Familiar with Scrum and Agile methodologies.
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

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Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

N/A

Founded

1923