Software Engineer I (Temporary)

Behind WBDs 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 whats 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. The power behind the people building the future. We are the home of the global digital revolution. With deep domain expertise advanced technical capabilities and a proven track record of successful collaborations the AI Enablement C Machine Learning team at CNN is accelerating our digital transformation through strategic applications of machine learning and AI technologies. Our current products include popular related and personalized content recommendations contextual ad targeting and site search-serving millions of CNN users via CNN web and mobile apps. Within the next quarter we will be launching summarization and classification features with chat to follow early next year.

We have a variety of specializations and collaborate closely enhancing our platform and adding to the suite of machine learning features running on it.

Machine learning engineers (MLEs) build models and features
Data engineers fulfill the availability and latency requirements provided by MLEs
Some software engineers partner with MLEs to operationalize and expose models and features
Other software engineers focus on our ML platform and tooling including A/B testing

Here are some of the key challenges the team will tackle in next couple of quarters:

Content Summaries : Support testing and adoption of various types of content summaries from multiple domains which can be leveraged in consumer experiences along with embedding generation and classification
All Access Search : Partner with teams across CNN to design and build a roadmap for CNN streaming content search
Bandit Foundation : Enhance data access and begin experimenting with bandits for online ranking of recommendations
Optimize Site Performance: Dynamically deliver personalized content alongside cached assets improving load times and enhancing user experience with features like page-level deduplication

As a Software Engineer II you will have many opportunities to collaborate with other engineers across the team
Strive for operational excellence--building highly available low latency and efficient software with support from other engineers
Communicate effectivelythrough progress updates timely requests for support demos and technical documentation
Author test review and optimize production-quality code following best practices for IaC version control and continuous delivery with support from other engineers
Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of responsibility for the code you and your team write delivering high-quality results that improve with each iteration
Bachelors degree in computer science or a related technical field
Proficiency in Python and one or more of: Golang Java C or similar object- oriented languages

Expertise in backend engineering with distributed systems and data-intensive applications at web scale
Prior experience working on a machine learning team

During this period of transformation youll have an exciting opportunity to lay the foundation at one of the worlds premier entertainment brands.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
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 youre 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. Other rewards may include annual bonuses short- and long-term incentives and program-specific 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.