Data Scientist II

The Subscriber & Commerce Data Science team at Disney Streaming builds machine learning models to optimize payment processes, detect and prevent fraud, and forecast customer lifetime value across our streaming platforms, including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. We play a key role in growing the business by increasing payment success, reducing fraud, improving retention, and enabling value measurement through user-level lifetime value (LTV) modeling.

We’re hiring a Data Scientist to help design, build and deploy machine learning solutions that solve key business challenges. In this role, you’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Analytics and Finance to deliver models that enhance the customer experience and drive measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain models for payment optimization, fraud detection, and LTV prediction.
• Build robust end-to-end ML workflows, including data collection, feature engineering, model development, and evaluation.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to deploy models into production environments and monitor performance.
• Design and analyze A / B tests and other experiments to assess model impact.
• Implement batch and real-time inference pipelines for fraud detection and payment optimization use cases.

Insights & Strategy

Cross-functional Collaboration

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $114,900 to $154,100 per year and in New York City, NY is $120,300 to $161,300. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and / or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial and / or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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