About this role
Distinguished Engineer and AI Architect for Disney's Ad Platforms, leading AI-powered transformation with GenAI, LLMs, and real-time decisioning at global scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Architecture; AI/LLM Development; Platform & Data Engineering; Governance & Ethics; Technical Leadership
Technical Overview
Architect and implement AI-driven ad serving, including end-to-end AI/ML frameworks, platform data engineering, governance, and vendor strategy. Focus on low-latency inference, embedding-based retrieval, and scalable data platforms.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior AI/ML architect with 15+ years in software architecture and 5+ years deploying AI at scale. They excel in Generative AI, LLMs, and distributed ML pipelines, and can drive AI strategy with executive stakeholders.
Must-Have Skills
15+ years of software architecture experienceincluding 5+ years designing and deploying AI/ML systems at scale in Ad TechStreamingor similar high-throughput environmentsExpert-level proficiency with Generative AILLMs (Transformer architectures)vector embeddingsreinforcement learningand distributed ML pipelinesStrong skills with PyTorch/TensorFlowKubernetesSparkplus cloud AI stacks (AWS SageMakerGoogle Vertex AIAzure AI)Proven hands-on leadership for complex technical initiatives and mentoring high-level engineerswithout direct people management
Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with ad decisioningreal-time biddingdynamic creative optimizationor clean-room architecturesExperience at technology companies known for advanced AI capabilities and large-scale consumer-facing productsPublicationspatentsor recognized industry leadershipExternal technical evangelism
Tools & Platforms
AWS SageMakerGoogle Vertex AIAzure AIPyTorchTensorFlowKubernetesApache Spark
Required Skills
15+ years of software architecture experience5+ years designing and deploying AI/ML systems at scale in Ad Tech/Streaming; Expert in Generative AILLMstransformer architecturesreinforcement learningdistributed ML pipelines; PyTorch/TensorFlowKubernetesSpark; cloud AI stacks (AWS SageMakerGoogle Vertex AIAzure AI)
Hard Skills
Generative AILLMstransformer architecturesreinforcement learningAPIscloud-native data platformsGPU accelerationmodel quantizationdistributed ML pipelinesPythonPyTorchTensorFlowKubernetesSpark
Soft Skills
Strategic thinkingMentoringCommunication with C-suiteLeadershipCollaborationAdaptability
Keywords for Your Resume
Distinguished Applied Software EngineerAd PlatformsAI ArchitectGenerative AILLMstransformer architecturesreinforcement learningAI-enabled architecturereal-time decision enginesdata platformsvector databasesembedding-based retrievalsemantic matchingGPU accelerationmodel quantizationcloud-nativedistributed systemsad techadvertising technologygenerative aillmsai architecturead platformsreal-time decisioning
Deal Breakers
Lack of 15+ years of software architecture experience, No experience deploying AI/ML systems at scale, No background in Ad Tech or streaming AI
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