Staff Machine Learning Engineer (ai/ml Engineer)

Disney Streaming

Seattle, WA, USA
Base: $179,700 to $241,000 py; bonus/equity: bonus...
Large language models (llms)
Agentic frameworks (langchain, adk, strands)
Python and modern ml libraries
The AI Engineering team builds ML solutions that enable creativity, personalization, and operational excellence across the company

Job Summary

  • The AI Engineering team builds ML solutions that enable creativity, personalization, and operational excellence across the company.
  • You will architect, design, and oversee advanced ML solutions including generative models and intelligent agents while mentoring engineers and collaborating cross-functionally.
  • The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $179,700 to $241,000 per year with additional bonus, long-term incentives, and comprehensive benefits.

Matching Summary

The AI Engineering team builds ML solutions that enable creativity, personalization, and operational excellence across the company.

Salary

Base: $179,700 to $241,000 per year; Bonus/Equity: Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided; Benefits: Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Large language models (LLMs)
  • Agentic frameworks (LangChain, ADK, Strands)
  • Python and modern ML libraries
  • Cloud ML deployment (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Prompt engineering and model fine-tuning
  • Cross-disciplinary team leadership

Nice-to-have

  • Record of publications or patents
  • Integration of agent-based consumer applications
  • Recommender systems and personalization
  • Reinforcement learning and RLHF
  • Large-scale data pipelines
  • ML platform engineering

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years industry experience in ML, generative AI, NLP, or agent development
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • Experience deploying and maintaining LLMs and generative AI models
  • Hands-on proficiency with agentic frameworks
  • Experience with cloud ML platforms
  • Familiarity with responsible AI practices and compliance

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