Associate Data Scientist

Job Posting Title:

Associate Data Scientist

Req ID:

10159414

Job Description:

Supporting the Disney Advertising Sales organization within Entertainment and Sports, the Data

Science & Analytics team are subject matter experts in each of the following areas:

· Creating and optimizing audience segmentation models that enable us to target specific

audiences based on brand affinities, app behavior, and video viewership among other things

· Examining other ways to expand audience sizes and depth through look-alike modeling of

behaviors within our own network of digital properties

Analyzing the performance of models in real-world campaigns and collaborating with the audience

modeling team to optimize and refine the models.

Job Summary:

Supporting Disney Advertising Sales, the Data Science Engineering team are subject matter

experts in each of the following areas:

• Integrating a broad suite of complex datasets, from digital event logs to sporting

event metadata, into carefully curated and reusable data models

• Creating and optimizing audience classification models that enable us to predict

and target strategic audience attributes, including brand affinity, purchase behavior, and

psychographics

• Publishing audience attributes across an array of ad-serving endpoints

• Working cross-functionally to ensure our data product is aligned with the goals of

each strategic sales vertical and the business as a whole

We’re looking for an intellectually curious, business-savvy, analytical powerhouse to join

Disney Ad Sales as a data science engineer on the Data Measurement Science team. In this

role, you will be responsible for driving improvements across DET’s portfolio of offerings

by using data. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, you will develop, drive,

and oversee new strategies to ensure the growth of the business and the overall bottom

line.

Minimum Qualifications

· 1+ years’ experience in data engineering. B.A. or B.S. degree in a quantitative field

(Math/Statistics, CS, Engineering, Business, Economics, experimental science, or similar)

· Strong SQL skills, preference to processing large datasets in BigQuery and Snowflake .

· Good Python skills, including a demonstrated ability to read and understand code.

· Experience collaborating to team projects in Git and GitHub.

· Detail-oriented with a passion for organization and elegance.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience in data process orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow).

· Experience in infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform).

· Containerized development patterns (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).

· Other cloud computing experience (e.g. GCP, AWS).

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA $106,800 to $143,200 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 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.

Job Posting Segment:

Disney Advertising

Job Posting Primary Business:

Audience Modeling, Attribution & Data Science

Primary Job Posting Category:

Data Science

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Remote Worker Location, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2026-09-04