Machine Learning Engineer II, CNN Digital Products and Services

Warner Bros. Discovery

Remote Actively hiring
Remote, USA · New York, NY Posted 22 days ago $112,000$208,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Machine Learning Engineer II at CNN Digital, you will join a dynamic team of technologists and journalists to build and deploy full-lifecycle machine learning systems in Python that power personalization, search, recommendations, and content understanding for millions of users across CNN’s digital platforms. Your day-to-day responsibilities include developing production ML pipelines, implementing rigorous experimentation frameworks, optimizing real-time performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and scalability. The role requires strong Python programming skills, experience with machine learning frameworks like scikit-learn, and a solid understanding of software engineering best practices. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with recommendation systems, NLP, and cloud platforms, as well as familiarity with MLOps tools and large-scale consumer internet products.

Skills

Python scikit-learn Git MLflow REST APIs AWS Docker Kubernetes SQL MLOps CI/CD A/B testing NLP information retrieval distributed processing feature engineering monitoring observability

What you'll do

  • Build and deploy full-lifecycle machine learning systems for CNN's digital products.
  • Develop and maintain production ML pipelines including feature engineering and model training.
  • Implement rigorous experimentation frameworks to validate model performance and impact.
  • Optimize ML systems for real-time, web-scale performance serving millions of users.
  • Partner with platform teams to ensure ML systems meet reliability and scalability standards.

What we're looking for

  • Graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or related field
  • 2+ years of professional experience building and deploying ML systems in production environments
  • Strong Python programming skills with experience using machine learning frameworks like scikit-learn
  • Experience across the full ML lifecycle including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and deployment
  • Solid understanding of software engineering best practices including version control, testing, and CI/CD
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts clearly

Market check

Salary context

This $112,000–$208,000 range sits above 16% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$161,700$242,850

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$175,750$244,537

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media and entertainment company operating a broad portfolio of iconic content and brands including Warner Bros. film studio, HBO, CNN, Discovery Channel, and Max streaming service. Industry: Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery currently has 54 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $121,100–$224,900 across 37 roles with salary data.

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