Lead Data Engineer - Identity and Device Data

1 Week ago • 7 Years + • Data Analyst • $152,200 PA - $223,600 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

This Lead Data Engineer role focuses on building and maintaining Identity and Device Data products, serving as a source of truth for customer identifiers and devices. Responsibilities include developing scalable data pipelines, enhancing the codebase for reusability and maintainability, improving data models, participating in Agile methodologies, collaborating with stakeholders, providing on-call support, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with big data technologies, distributed systems, data modeling, and cloud infrastructure.
Must have:
  • 7+ years big data engineering experience
  • Expert in distributed systems (Hadoop, Databricks)
  • Strong Python, Scala/Spark, SQL skills
  • MPP database experience (Snowflake, etc.)
  • Data modeling & warehousing expertise
  • Agile methodologies experience
Good to have:
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (Terraform)
  • Data integration/orchestration tools (Airflow)
  • CI/CD experience

Job Details

Job Summary:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product Technology

  • Building the future of Disney’s media business: Our technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

  • Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

  • Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

The Product & Data Engineering team is responsible for end to end development for Disney’s world-class consumer-facing products, including streaming platforms Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, and digital products & experiences across ESPN, Marvel, Disney Studios, NatGeo, and ABC News. The team drives innovation at scale for millions of consumers around the world across Apple, Android, Smart TVs, game consoles, and the web, with our platforms powering core experiences like personalization, search, messaging and data.

This role involves building and maintaining our Identity and Device Data products.  These products serve as a comprehensive source of truth for customer identifiers and their devices. The role requires expert knowledge of building scalable, fault-tolerant data processing pipelines and backend to ensure the reliable delivery of both real-time and batch data.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain product-driven initiatives to improve and expand Identity and Device data product offerings

  • Enhance/improve the underlying codebase to be extensible, reusable, and maintainable

  • Enhance/redesign existing data models with input from Architecture in order to modernize products and/or improve performance and efficiency

  • Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban by actively participating in regular ceremonies such as stand-up, retrospectives and sprint planning.

  • Collaborate with your squad, Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.

  • Participate in on-call support

  • Serve as an advanced resource to other Data Engineers on the team, and mentor and coach junior members of the team helping to improve their skills, knowledge, and productivity.

  • Participate in code reviews and problem-solving.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience. 

  • 7+ years of related big data engineering experience modeling and developing large data pipelines

  • Deep hands-on experience with distributed systems such as Hadoop or Databricks compute using tools/libraries such as Spark, Presto, Hive to query and process large datasets at the petabyte level.

  • Strong Python, Scala/Spark and SQL skills processing big datasets

  • Strong experience with at least one major MPP or cloud database technology (Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query, Databricks)

  • Deep understanding of Data Modeling techniques and Data Warehousing standard methodologies and practices

  • Operational experience in multi-system/services production environment as lead data engineer and point-of-contact / SME

  • Strong problem solving skills with strong attention to detail and excellent analytical and communication skills

  • Solid experience with data integration and orchestration toolsets (e.g. Airflow), CI/CD

  • Solid experience with AWS S3

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability with cloud infrastructure technologies, including Terraform.

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The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $152,200 to $204,100 per year, in Seattle, WA is $159,500 to $213,900 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $166,800 - $223,600 and in New York, NY is $159,500 to $213,900 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.

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