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Principal GenAI Security Engineer

Job ID 10104528 Location Orlando, Florida, United States / Glendale, California, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States / Anaheim, California, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Oct. 29, 2024
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Job Summary:

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences. We deliver experiences to consumers through our Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Lines, and Disney Vacation Club. We are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business.  We are a global team comprised of nearly 3,000 technology, product, data, and operations professionals across four locations, focusing on the development and implementation of digital and technology strategies for Disney Experiences businesses around the world.

This role sits in a JedAI Platform team and as a Principal, Security Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliable, safe, and ethical deployment of high-quality AI solutions within highly visible strategic projects and requires active collaboration with cross-functional teams.

We’re looking for someone with passion for Generative AI and LLMs, with a proven track record of ethical hacking or red teaming. The ideal candidate would have experience working with cutting-edge AI technologies and an awareness of emerging threats in the AI landscape.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the development of a dedicated responsible AI red teaming model ensuring reliable, safe, and ethical deployment of AI products

  • Develop and maintain a sophisticated and highly scalable toolkit for generating automated prompts against AI products and producing readiness assessment artifacts.

  • Own defining and standardizing reliable, responsible, governable, traceable, and equitable AI capabilities across the organization.

  • Discover and exploit Responsible AI vulnerabilities end-to-end to assess the safety of systems

  • Leverage a broad stack of technologies to develop methodologies and techniques to scale and accelerate responsible AI Red Teaming

  • Exercise full autonomy to interact with diverse teams, including enterprise cyber/ security teams to conduct in-depth inspections of vulnerabilities in AI systems, data, and associated networks.

  • Research and develop Responsible AI evaluation methods to improve the quality of user-facing AI products.

  • Create evaluation datasets to solve complex, non-routine analysis problems.

  • Conduct analyses involving data gathering, requirements specification, processing, and presentation of results.

  • Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide large-scale insights.

  • Develop extensive knowledge of AI-related data structures and metrics, advocating for necessary changes in product development.

  • Lead and influence engineering teams to implement the frameworks and tools to support LLM application deployment.

  • Engage in the estimation and planning of AI projects, influencing the direction, prioritization of both design and development through a Responsible AI filter.

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of related work experience

  • Strong programming skills, including proficiency in data-querying (SQL, Spark) and scripting languages for data processing (Python, R, or Scala).

  • Extensive experience in data science, machine learning, and analytics, including statistical data analysis and A/B testing.

  • Proven ability to craft, conduct, analyze, and interpret experiments and investigations.

  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex technical topics to diverse audiences, from data scientists to business partners.

  • Demonstrated experience in leading and motivating teams in AI and software engineering environments.

  • Expertise in ethical AI deployment and familiarity with relevant frameworks and principles.

  • Proven track record of contributing to diverse teams in collaborative environments.

  • Strong self-motivation, work ethic, and time management skills.

  • Passion for building innovative and outstanding AI products.

Required Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience

Preferred Education:

  • Master’s degree and/or equivalent work experience

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The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA/Anaheim, CA is $167,800 to $225,000 per year and in Seattle, WA is $175,800 to $235,700 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.

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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. Disney’s 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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