Warner Bros. Discovery · 2 days ago
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Search
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $270K/yr
8+ years expWarner Bros. Discovery is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences a diverse portfolio of content. They are seeking a passionate Machine Learning Engineer to build and scale personalization models and algorithms for their global streaming app, Max, working alongside a team of engineers and researchers.
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Responsibilities
Architect, build and scale a recommendation system that powers the state-of-the-art personalization experience to users across Max, HBO, Discovery+ and other WBD offerings
Collaborate with ML/Ops engineers to develop and improve core components, infrastructure and architecture to train, deploy and serve models at scale
Collaborate with other data scientists, engineers, product teams and other key stakeholders and drive ML projects from conception to completion
Author, test, review, and optimize production-level code in Python, Go and Java while executing best practices in version control and code integration
Use and build upon open-source cloud computing technologies
Participate and support engineering leaders in strategic planning and demonstrate good judgment in setting and delivering against strategic goals for the team
Motivate, inspire and create a culture of experimentation and data-driven innovation while constantly striving to be an advocate for doing what is right for our customers
Qualification
Required
8+ years of industry experience, with 4+ years as tech lead experience (preferred)
Deep practical knowledge of modern machine learning lifecycle
Deep practical knowledge of large-scale recommender systems, or large-scale ML ranking/retrieval/targeting systems and familiarity with A/B Tests and hypothesis testing is preferred
Experience with design, implementation, and performance tuning of ML models
5+ years of programming experience in at least one of the following: Python/Java/Go with ability to rapidly prototype ideas and refine towards production
Deep practical knowledge of large-scale recommender models and systems, or large-scale ML ranking/retrieval/targeting systems
Experience with one of the cloud platforms AWS/GCP/Azure
Good practical knowledge of SQL and relational databases
Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc
Excellent written and verbal communications skills, be comfortable presenting to large audiences
Advanced degree (M.S.), or equivalent industry experience in statistics, computer science, machine learning or related fields
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
An employee wellness program
Life and disability insurance
A retirement savings plan
Paid holidays and sick time
Vacation
Company
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$17.5BKey Investors
JP Morgan
2025-12-05Acquired
2025-06-09Post Ipo Debt· $17.5B
2005-07-15IPO
Leadership Team
David Zaslav
President and CEO
Mark Thompson
CEO
Recent News
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