Senior Principal Data Scientist

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Location
Atlanta, GA
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7 days ago
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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

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Data Scientist

As a Sr. Principal Data Scientist, you will serve as a high-level technical individual contributor and company-wide authority in advanced Data Science, Machine Learning, and Applied AI. You will design, architect, and deliver complex systems for content intelligence, audience modeling, personalization, and advertising monetization across streaming, linear TV, and direct-to-consumer platforms. Your daily work involves building large-scale recommender systems, time-series forecasting, causal inference models, and generative AI or multimodal ML systems. You will manage the full model lifecycle using Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, SQL, AWS, GCP, and Snowflake while ensuring MLOps best practices like feature engineering and drift detection. This role solves critical problems in content performance prediction, marketing attribution, and search ranking within the media and entertainment domain, translating advanced scientific modeling into actionable insights for executive-level decision making.

What does a Data Scientist earn in Remote?

Median $217225 from 40 postings across 18 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement advanced ML systems for content intelligence, audience modeling, and advertising monetization.
  • Develop state-of-the-art models including recommender systems, time-series forecasting, and generative AI.
  • Architect production-grade ML systems integrated with cloud ecosystems like AWS, Snowflake, and GCP.
  • Establish best practices for MLOps, feature engineering, model monitoring, and responsible AI governance.
  • Translate complex modeling outputs into actionable insights for executive-level decision-making across various business units.
  • Serve as a technical advisor to senior leadership to influence enterprise AI roadmaps and architectural decisions.
  • Mentor senior and staff-level data scientists through technical guidance and design reviews.
  • Act as the final technical reviewer for high-risk or high-impact machine learning solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field.
  • 18–20 years of total professional experience.
  • 13–15 years of hands-on technical leadership and experience in Data Science/ML.
  • Expertise in predictive modeling, optimization, advanced ML techniques, MLOps, and large-scale model deployment.
  • Proficiency with Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, SQL, and modern cloud ecosystems including AWS, GCP, and Snowflake.
  • Experience in experiment design, causal inference, and statistical modeling.
  • Demonstrated experience in Media & Entertainment, streaming, digital advertising, or consumer intelligence.
  • Ability to communicate complex ML concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence executive-level decisions.

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