Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Overview

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

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer for our MLOps Platform to join the AI/ML organization, focusing on supporting applications of AI to video. In this role, you will help build a robust, scalable platform that enables the training, deployment, and observability of machine learning models for video understanding and classifications. You will drive platform architecture, lead critical components, and work across teams to establish engineering excellence in the ML infrastructure layer.

• 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

• 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 Cloud Formation
• Familiarity with Agile development practices and a strong operational mindset
• Experience in building and maintaining observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry)
• 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

On December 5, Warner Bros. Discovery announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. The transaction is expected to close after the separation of Warner Bros. Discovery's Global Networks division into a new publicly-traded company, which is expected to be completed in Q3 2026.

For more details, including leadership appointments and information on individual brands, please visit our newsroom.

Although you will be hired by Warner Bros. Discovery, upon the planned spin-off of Discovery Global in 2026, your employment likely will transition to Warner Bros. During this period of transformation, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to lay the foundation at one of the world’s premier entertainment brands.

Our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate. You can find them on the guiding principles page along with 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.

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that 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, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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