Disney
Media Streaming Engineer
Glendale, CA, USA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$98k-$131kDetected 21 days ago
PythonData StructuresAWSCloud PlatformsLinuxLLMsSupply ChainPremiere ProDaVinci ResolveVideo ProductionCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- The Media Streaming Engineer will work to ensure that our team is working to bring in generative AI solutions to our expanded workflows.
- This is an ideal role for someone with a post-production technology background and the passion to bridge human workflows with AI automation.
Responsibilities
- Design, test, and deploy AI automation and multi-agent workflows that reduce manual effort and optimize production, mastering, and distribution processes.
- Design scalable cloud-based workflows and environments for media prep, post production operators to eliminate on prem downloads and accelerate content handling.
- Integrate and operationalize solutions from external partners such as AWS, Lucidlink and other cloud or storage vendors to enhance automation and data throughput.
- Collaborate with product, post production, and distribution operations teams to onboard, support and maintain automation and Ai tooling.
- Document system behavior, workflow metrics, and failure modes to ensure high reliability and adherence to on-time and first-time-right delivery standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in QC, automation, pipeline tools, or Ai-assisted production or post production technology and workflows or related experience
- Proficiency with implementation of AI agent frameworks, AWS services (including EC2) and building automation workflows in cloud environments
- Familiarity with Python and JSON-based data structures
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot technical issues under pressure.
- This role demands a meticulous eye for detail, strong technical knowledge of video/audio standards, and expertise in next generation AI technology to help transform our current team and workflows.
- Basic understanding of digital video specifications (UHD, HDR, Dolby Vision), timed text formats, and audio standards (Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo).
- Outstanding communication skills for collaborating with internal teams and external partners.
- Ability to deliver high-quality results in a heavy multitasking environment.
Nice to have
- Experience with ffmpeg, command-line operations (OSX/Linux), MediaInfo, emerging video/audio encoding technologies
- Knowledge of video editing software and NLEs such as Adobe Premiere, Colorfront Transkoder, and DaVinci Resolve
- Experience with SaaS database products such as Airtable, content management systems, ingest platforms, and high-speed transfer services (e.g., Aspera, Signiant).
- Job Posting Segment:
- CPO - Distribution Operations
- Job Posting Primary Business:
- CPO - Distribution Operations - Mastering
- Primary Job Posting Category:
Compensation
- The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $97,500 to $130,700 per year.
Benefits
- Develop workflows that maintain seamless inter-site transfers, monitor asset health, and automatically remediate transfer failures or inconsistencies.
Company info
- More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories.
- ABC News…and many more.
- These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally.
- We are Storytellers and Innovators.
- We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
This listing is sourced directly from Disney's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.