Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

2 Days ago • 9-9 Years

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About the job:
We are seeking a passionate Senior Staff Machine Learning engineer to contribute to the development and scaling of the personalization and search platforms for the global streaming app Max, as well as other streaming initiatives. You will be part of a team focused on delivering a superior machine learning experience to over 100 million users worldwide. Your responsibilities will include designing, building, and scaling a recommendation system, collaborating with engineering teams, and driving ML projects from conception to completion. This role requires experience in large-scale distributed systems, machine learning lifecycle, architecture, and cloud computing technologies.
Must have:
  • 9+ years of industry experience
  • 9+ years of experience with ML-driven systems
  • Strong architectural and design skills
  • Python programming experience
  • Experience with AWS/GCP/Azure
  • Knowledge of ML platform
  • CI/CD tools experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
  • Docker and Kubernetes expertise
  • Agile practices familiarity
Good to have:
  • Machine learning platform experience
  • Distributed systems and networking understanding
  • Global team experience
  • Java/Go programming experience
  • Data modeling experience
Perks:
  • Great place to work
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Fast track growth opportunities
  • Ability to own large-scale global recommendation systems

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Senior Staff MLE, Search & Personalization

About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines Warner Media’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

For more information, please visit www.wbd.com

Roles & Responsibilities

We are looking for a passionate Senior Staff Machine Learning engineer to support, build and scale the personalization and search platforms for the global streaming app Max as well as ongoing and future streaming initiatives. You are excited about working in a fast-moving environment that fosters engineering and operational excellence with continuous development, deployment, experimentation, quality assurance, and collaboration. You will bring an obsession with our customers along with skills for rapid feature iteration. In your role, you will be working in a team of passionate machine engineers and applied researchers contributing to a system that serves 100+ million users worldwide.

  • Architect, build and scale a recommendation system that powers a state of the art search & personalization, and machine learning experience to users across Max, HBO, Discovery+ and other WBD offerings
  • Influence and guide groups of engineering teams on optimal design patterns and strategies for improvement over time
  • Collaborate with other ML/Ops engineers to develop and improve core components, infrastructure and architecture to train, deploy and serve models at scale
  • Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, product teams and other key stakeholders and drive ML projects from conception to completion
  • 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
  • Mentor, influence engineers across organizations and lead by example with high quality examples of your work at the organization level
  • 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

What To Bring

  • 9+ years of industry experience
  • 9+ years of experience contributing to machine learning driven, large-scale distributed systems with large scale customer base
  • Good practical knowledge in modern machine learning lifecycle.
  • Very strong architectural and design skills
  • 9+ years of programming experience in Python
  • Ability to technically collaborate with partners
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills, be comfortable to contribute to technical documentation and on-call support
  • Experience with one of the cloud platforms AWS/GCP/Azure
  • Good understanding of machine learning platform
  • Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins etc.
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with agile practices and processes

Preferred:

  • Hands-on experience on machine learning platform
  • Understanding of distributed systems and networking
  • Working experience with global teams
  • Programming experience in Java/Go
  • Data Modeling experience

What We Offer

  • A Great Place to work
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Fast track growth opportunities
  • Ability to break ground and own the architecture of large scale global recommendation systems

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/  along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $159,600.00 - $296,400.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.

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$159.6K - $296.4K/yr (Outscal est.)
$228.0K/yr avg.
New York, New York, United States

About The Company

Applicants – please be advised that all email correspondence by official Warner Bros. Games recruiters will come from the @lith.com, @warnerbros.com or @wbgames.com domains. Our agency recruiters who reach out through LinkedIn will also properly identify themselves as employees of the companies that work with us. All other parties claiming to be our recruiters are not affiliated with Warner Bros. Games, Monolith or any of our studios. Please take care not to share your personal information with these contacts, nor click on any links embedded in their messages. If you have any questions, you can reach out to us directly at recruiting@wbgames.com.

Warner Bros. Games brings some of the most iconic characters and stories in entertainment to life through videogame development. With multiple world class development studios located across North America and the UK, our teams are made up of top talent in the industry. We strive for an open and collaborative culture where our people can do what they do best – making great games.

Our 11 studios include: 

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NetherRealm Studios (Chicago, IL)

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Monolith Productions (Kirkland, WA)

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Avalanche (Salt Lake City, UT)

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