The Walt Disney Company

Media Streaming Engineer

The Walt Disney Company$97K — $130K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years in QC, automation, or AI-assisted production
  • Proficient in AI agent frameworks and AWS services (EC2)
  • Familiarity with Python and JSON
  • Basic understanding of digital video and audio standards
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent communication for team collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy AI automation and multi-agent workflows
  • Identify and implement AI-powered solutions for media distribution
  • Architect multi-agent systems for data integrity and operational reliability
  • Develop seamless inter-site transfer workflows
  • Create scalable cloud-based media workflows
  • Integrate external solutions to enhance automation
  • Document workflows and system performance for reliability

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and financial benefits
  • Bonus potential and long-term incentives
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies
  • Collaborative environment with diverse teams
  • Focus on continuous innovation and efficiency in workflows
Full Job Description
Job Posting Title:
Media Streaming Engineer

Req ID:


Job Description:

Job Summary:

The Media Streaming Engineer will work to ensure that our team is working to bring in generative AI solutions to our expanded workflows. 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. In addition, the candidate will help to implement automation and Ai into complex media review and publishing workflows under tight deadlines and collaborate with internal teams and external partners. This is an ideal role for someone with a post-production technology background and the passion to bridge human workflows with AI automation. You'll work with product, production, post-production and internal distribution operations teams to build, protype and design innovative and next gen workflows. The ideal candidate will want to continue to innovate and better the existing workflows, as we explore acceleration and optimization of our media asset and delivery processes.

What You'll Do
  • Design, test, and deploy AI automation and multi-agent workflows that reduce manual effort and optimize production, mastering, and distribution processes.
  • Identify opportunities to introduce new automation and AI-powered solutions tailored to distribution-operations needs, including:
    • Asset validation
    • Quality control
    • Data ingestion
    • Metadata tagging
    • File transfer, acceleration, and end-to-end tracking
  • Architect and maintain multi-agent systems that manage data I/O and asset movement across geographically distributed locations, ensuring file integrity, security, and operational reliability.
  • Develop workflows that maintain seamless inter-site transfers, monitor asset health, and automatically remediate transfer failures or inconsistencies.
  • 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.
  • Serve as a primary escalation point for diagnosing and resolving complex audio/video issues throughout the content lifecycle.
  • Engage with external media partners to troubleshoot delivery issues, clarify technical requirements, and provide actionable solutions.
  • Utilize ticketing systems to log, track, and resolve issues related to machines, networks, file-transfer systems, and workflow applications.
  • Monitor and analyze AI and automation trends within media and entertainment, translating insights into operational efficiencies and workflow enhancements.
  • Provide recommendations that improve throughput, reduce failure rates, and increase end-to-end automation coverage.


Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
  • Workflow optimization and implementation of automation within current processes supporting media asset prep and delivery operations
  • Technical troubleshooting, ticketing and training
  • Data I/O, asset prep and publishing


Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications:
  • 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
  • Basic understanding of digital video specifications (UHD, HDR, Dolby Vision), timed text formats, and audio standards (Dolby Atmos, 5.1, Stereo).
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot technical issues under pressure.
  • Outstanding communication skills for collaborating with internal teams and external partners.
  • Ability to deliver high-quality results in a heavy multitasking environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 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).


The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $97,500 to $130,700 per year. 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:
CPO - Distribution Operations

Job Posting Primary Business:
CPO - Distribution Operations - Mastering

Primary Job Posting Category:
Media Streaming Engineer

Employment Type:
Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Glendale, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:
2026-06-18

About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows. Using the company's portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services, and consumer products, Walt Disney seeks to develop creative, innovative, and profitable entertainment experiences and related products.

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190,000 employees
Market Cap
$155.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$4.9 billion
Founded
1923
5 Year Trend
+3.9%
Revenue
$60.7 billion
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