# Staff Machine Learning Engineer -  Search

Hiring organization: [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/warner-bros-discovery)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/25591b60-ac3a-4481-84bf-e0e80b9efcee

Listed on Warner Bros. Discovery's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Staff
- Salary: 192570 – 357630 USD per year

## Summary

This is a leadership role for a machine learning engineer focused on building and evolving search and discovery algorithms for HBO Max's streaming platform. The position suits experienced ML engineers who have led technical teams and can drive large-scale systems design while balancing relevance, performance, and user experience across millions of global users.

_Our summary, not Warner Bros. Discovery's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Pipelines, Feature Engineering, Machine Learning, Microsoft Azure, Model Training, Python, SQL

## Required

- 8+ years industry experience
- 4+ years as tech lead (preferred)
- Deep expertise in search and/or ranking algorithms
- Large-scale ML systems in production
- Proven technical leadership and cross-team influence
- Online experimentation and metrics-driven development experience
- Strong Python programming
- Distributed systems and cloud platform experience
- Data fundamentals including SQL and pipelines
- Excellent cross-functional communication

## Nice to have

- Recommender systems or personalization experience
- NLP techniques experience
- Vector search / ANN libraries like Faiss or ScaNN
- Streaming, marketplace, or content discovery platform experience

Apply on Warner Bros. Discovery's site: https://warnerbros.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/global/job/CA-San-Francisco-153-Kearny-Street/Staff-Machine-Learning-Engineer----Search_R000106532