Principal Data Scientist

Job Description

Disney Studios is seeking a highly skilled and innovative full-Stack Principal Data Scientist to lead our data science initiatives and drive impactful insights across our studio operations.

As a Principal Data Scientist, you will play a crucial role in leveraging data to enhance decision making, optimize processes, and uncover opportunities for growth. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data-driven strategies that align with our mission to create world-class content and entertainment experiences.

To be successful in this role, you should have a strong background in Machine Learning and experience with AI technologies. Our ideal candidate will have a passion for developing cutting-edge technology and the ability to think creatively to solve complex problems

• Develop novel AI/ML solutions to further the company’s mission of creating innovative and engaging content

• Architect efficient data models and high-quality production pipelines and partner with Engineering for all necessary telemetry

• Design, build, and deploy predictive models, machine learning algorithms, and statistical analyses to address complex business challenges.

• Identify trends, patterns, and insights from large datasets to inform decision-making.

• Work end to end from data collection, feature generation and selection, algorithm development, forecasting, visualization and communicating of model results

• Think creatively to solve complex problems

• Monitor and maintain the performance of ML models

• Research and stay up-to-date on the latest AI/ML trends and technologies

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers

• Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure the quality and accessibility of data

• Communicate insights and best practices in leadership

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy:

Skills and Requirements

• MS/Ph.D. in quantitative discipline

• 10 plus years of experience in data science, with a proven track record of leading and delivering successful projects

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Scala

• Expert-level experience working with scikit-learn, NumPy, and pandas and other ML libraries.

• Solid understanding of ML technologies, models, mathematics and statistical methods

Work Location: Onsite Glendale Monday-Thursday • Experience with cloud databases, such as Snowflake, databricks, and BigQuery is a plus null

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to