Warner Bros. Discovery · 23 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $270K/yr
7+ years expWarner Bros. Discovery is a company known for its iconic content and beloved brands. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the AI/ML organization, focusing on building a robust platform for machine learning applications in video understanding and classifications.
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Responsibilities
Design and lead the development of core components of the machine learning platform with a focus on scalability, reliability, and cloud-agnostic principles
Build APIs and microservices that power end-to-end machine learning workflows, including model deployment, orchestration, and observability
Collaborate with content protection and security teams to ensure robust access controls and compliance
Own cloud infrastructure and CI/CD automation using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles
Champion engineering excellence through well-tested code, clear documentation, and continuous improvement of development and deployment practices
Establish and enforce best practices in testing, code quality, and monitoring for ML pipeline components
Work closely with Video AI engineers and product managers to support evolving use cases like scene segmentation, video annotation, clip generation, and metadata enrichment
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software engineering experience building scalable backend systems
Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP); ability to design for cloud-agnostic deployment
Experience working with production deployment of machine learning systems
Proficiency in Python and Go, with strong software design and architecture skills
Proven experience implementing and managing CI/CD workflows and IaC with tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
Familiarity with Agile development practices and a strong operational mindset
Experience in building and maintaining observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
Strong understanding of media processing and video engineering concepts including transcoding, segmentation, and frame manipulation, using libraries such as FFMPEG, OpenCV, and Demux
Experience collaborating in a cross-functional team and setting engineering standards at scale
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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
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