Job Summary:

The NGS Studio is a multi-disciplinary team across TWDC that drives interconnected consumer experiences across immersive new storytelling canvases. Its focus is to connect the physical and digital worlds to unlock unique opportunities for new storytelling and consumer experiences. This team will be helping to define the next 100 years of Disney Storytelling and you have the opportunity to join.

Our team leads the efforts to deliver personalized, relevant experiences in real time based on the consumer affinity, content consumed and context wherever they engage. We are a group of engineers and data scientists with diverse expertise delivering data driven solutions.

This is a hands-on engineering position developing recommendation systems for personalized, data-driven experiences. In this role, you will work with a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Mobile/Web/Backend Engineers, and Content Creators to conceptualize and develop world-class Disney apps. Based on your experience, you will apply technical expertise to manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables and will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a cross functional team to help set the strategy and goals for NGS Studio
• Oversee the design of complex technical projects. Oversee multiple products or services conception, design, and initial specifications and help define the technology strategy to be implemented by multiple divisions.
• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources
• Build strong relationships with the team while collectively finding opportunities for improvements around quality and automation

Basic Qualifications:

• BS, BA, or advanced degree in computer science, engineering or its equivalent
• 5+ years hands-on professional experience with back-end systems development
• Robust programming skills and strong experience with Python
• Experience with the following technologies is a plus: AWS, Python Asyncio, FastAPI, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, Postgresql, serverless computing
• Experience with working on ML based products and designing data pipelines is a plus
• Comprehensive understanding of HTTP/S, APIs, and web services
• Exposure to full lifecycle of application development, including practices like continuous integration, unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
• Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations
• Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing architectural improvements, user-facing features, or fixing defects
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across our various platforms
• Analyze and optimize application code for efficiency, reliability, and performance
• Understand product architecture, assisting other Software Architects as necessary
• Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Embrace a highly collaborative team that rewards quality code and effective communication
• Interest in industry trends on new technologies, best practices and solutions. A passion for innovation and raising the bar in all development aspects.