Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Careers

Glendale, CA · $221k–$296k a year · Posted October 26, 2026

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Where Glendale, CA ranks

Where Glendale, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#4Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast26% · of 53
#21Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast19% · of 68
#23Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast33 jobs · of 47

Rankings about data & analytics jobs

Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)

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Pay compared with the market

This listing pays about $258,250 a year. Across 26 open principal machine learning engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $213,500 to $292,000 and the median is $255,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 1% above the median.

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How AI is used in this kind of work

Among computer occupations, all other, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for computer occupations, all other: 31% (high).

Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

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About the job

...Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists,... ...cross-domain team to deliver E2E solutions for machine learning and data science.

Our team is seeking a principal machine learning engineer who will be an...