Lead Data Product Engineer

Lead Data Product Engineer

Job ID 10130221 Location Glendale, California, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Oct. 09, 2025

Job Summary

At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Companys premier vacation brands including Disneys Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. The Disney Experiences Technology team is responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation, and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including the MyDisneyExperience app and Hey, Disney!

If youre passionate about designing and engineering complex, large-scale data products, come join us! Were seeking a Lead Data Product Engineer to architect, build, and optimize enterprise-grade data solutions. Youll own the full lifecycle of data products, from ingestion and transformation to architecture and enablement, while ensuring reliability and scalability.

As a technical lead, youll shape data product design, define contracts and schemas, and partner closely with data source owners, engineers, architects, and end-user teams. This is not a pure coding role, instead, you will engineer the product layer of data, designing assets, writing queries, and translating complex source data into consumable products that data engineers implement and scale.

You will sit within Data Products & Platforms for Disney Experiences, collaborating with internal teams and technical leaders across the company.

You Will

• Architect and deliver enterprise data models, schemas, and contracts to support multi-source ingestion, transformation, and consumption at scale.
• Own the full product lifecycle for data domains, including design, versioning, governance, and deprecation.
• Define and evolve technical strategies for high-volume operational and analytical workloads.
• Act as the data and technical subject matter expert, covering not only your domain and products but also the enablement capabilities of our modern data ecosystem with partners.
• Partner with architects and data engineers to design and implement scalable, secure, high-throughput pipelines and consumption-ready data products.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and engineering deliverables.
• Perform deep reviews and gap assessments of existing data flows, modernizing legacy pipelines into modern cloud-native ecosystems.
• Manage technical acceptance criteria, SLAs, timelines, and cost controls for data products.
• Represent the data product engineering function in executive forums, advocating for technical excellence and data-driven strategy.

You Have

Required Education

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The hiring range for this position in California is $166,800 - $223,600 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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.

About Disney Experiences :

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company :

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments : Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disneys stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC , which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences .

Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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