Forward Deployed Engineer
Job Summary:
This team works in office Monday to Thursday. \* Please include a portfolio of your most impactful work
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.
You will build AI-powered products within Disney’s Applied AI Acceleration practice, partnering with teams across Marketing, Finance, Parks Operations, HR, Studios, and other business areas. Your role is to clarify the problem, build the right solution, and get working products in front of users quickly.
This is an early-career builder role on a small team led by a hands-on Manager. You will work directly with stakeholders, define what is worth building, and ship features end-to-end. You should be comfortable using AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, agents, and emerging platforms to build practical solutions.
We are looking for curious, adaptable builders who learn quickly and enjoy turning ideas into products people use. This role is a strong fit for product builders, designers, engineers, operators, and founders inside these spaces.
Responsibilities:
- Build and ship AI-powered features from problem definition through production.
- Work directly with stakeholders to understand business needs and gather feedback.
- Own the user experience, including workflows, interfaces, and human-in-the-loop decisions.
- Use tools such as LLM APIs, prompt design, RAG, and agents to solve problems effectively.
- Build within Disney’s enterprise systems with appropriate security and monitoring practices.
- Test changes before launch using regression checks and evaluation methods.
- Contribute reusable code and patterns when they help future engagements.
- Partner with teammates through code reviews and shared problem solving.
- Explain technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly to business stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of experience shipping software for real users, including 1 year shipping AI features in production.
- Experience with modern AI development tools and techniques.
- Daily use of AI coding tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar.
- Ability to reason about code, debug with teammates, and work with data using SQL or APIs.
- Strong product and business judgment, connecting features to user needs and outcomes.
- Strong learning agility and comfort with changing technology.
- Ability to communicate clearly with senior stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience as a product manager, designer, operator, or engineer using AI tools in real products.
- Experience building AI products without a dedicated engineering team.
- Forward-deployed engineering or similar experience.
- Strong design instincts and ability to ship polished experiences.
- Experience across multiple business domains like media, parks, retail, or finance.
- Experience with evaluation methods like A/B testing and production monitoring.
- Excellent written documentation skills.
- Experience with enterprise-scale data or legacy systems.
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field, plus relevant work experience.