Warner Bros. Discovery is hiring: Staff Machine Learning Engineer- Video AI/Comp

Overview

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Video AI/Computer Vision at Warner Bros. Discovery. Lead design and development of next-gen video intelligence efforts powered by multimodal video understanding.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Architect, build and scale computer vision and multimodal capabilities to support video understanding use-cases within WBD
• Work closely with Principal Engineers to define technical vision and strategy for the platform and prioritize capabilities with the Product team
• Develop or fine-tune models for fine-grained scene segmentation, annotation, summarization, metadata generation, and selection from videos
• Use open-source and off-the-shelf generative AI models as starting points for fine-tuning and improvements, maximizing precision and recall on WBD content and objectives
• Help build a culture of innovation and engineering excellence by guiding a team of machine learning engineers
• Collaborate with adjacent engineering teams to ensure tight integrations to production pipelines in media supply chain and video streaming applications
• Evaluate and work with vendors to ensure product deliverables and engineering standards are met when applicable
• Be a thought leader and champion engineering and operational excellence
• Foster a growth mindset and stay current with evolving state-of-the-art models and architectures
• Mentor and influence engineers across the organization and lead by example with high-quality work

What to Bring

• 7+ years of coding experience in the industry (C/C++, Java, Go, Python)
• 5+ years of applied machine learning experience to computer vision tasks
• Masters or PhD degree required
• Excellent familiarity with state-of-the-art large-language models, image and video models and their applications to multimodal tasks
• Ability to implement algorithms from state-of-the-art papers in computer vision (particularly video processing)
• Excellent architecture and design skills applied to machine learning products
• Experience with PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
• Strong foundations in computer science, data structures and algorithms
• Ability to translate high-level, abstract tasks into clear technical requirements
• Ability to communicate AI impact to non-technical stakeholders
• Systematic and pragmatic engineer, balancing urgency with engineering excellence
• Ability to assess different solutions with key metrics and make informed decisions

How We Get Things Done

Our guiding principles define how we operate and get things done. See guiding principles at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ and be prepared to discuss them in interviews.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other protected status. If you require accommodations during the application process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay range: $145,600.00 - $270,400.00 per year. Actual salaries vary based on factors including location, experience and performance. Benefits include health insurance, wellness programs, retirement plans, paid holidays, and paid time off.