Staff Data Scientist (Growth & ML), Hyderabad

Meet Our Team:
Max is the “One to Watch” Streaming App from Warner Bros Discovery featuring the largest and the critically acclaimed catalog from brands like HBO, CNN, Discovery, A24, Food Network and many more. At Max, the Growth Engineering team comprises ML engineers, data scientists, and software engineers. Our goal is to boost engagement and grow the number of active subscribers. We work across all customer interactions to develop data products that enhance the customer experience and optimize for retention and lifetime value.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Research, design, experiment with and build high-impact end-to-end machine learning systems for customer growth

Contribute and drive the design of scalable ML solutions in production

Coordinate the work of applied scientists and machine learning engineers providing research guidance and mentorship

Promote and role-model best practices of data science, engineering, and communication throughout the organization

Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior Machine Learning Engineers in the team

Navigate existing ML research and apply it to solve industry problems

Contribute back to research community by writing/publishing blogs, articles or papers in respected scientific conferences

What to Bring:

M.S or B.S.in a Computer Science/Statistics/Data Science/Quant or related field

9+ years of building products with Machine Learning and Personalization

Deep understanding of statistics and ML fundamentals

Expert proficiency with ML-frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, XGBoost, Scikit-learn etc.

Production experience implementing, maintaining, and improving machine learning pipelines and models at scale in Python, Java, Scala, or similar languages

Deep knowledge in multiple ML methodologies, such as Recommendations & Search, Causal Machine Learning, Interpretable ML, Multi-Armed Bandits, Reinforcement Learning and Constrained Optimization

Proven leadership skills, such as aligning complex technical decisions across teams, mentoring, coordinating cross-functional relationships with non-technical stakeholders, managing expectations, and navigating competing priorities

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions to scientists, engineers, and product audiences

Self-motivated, growth-oriented, and driven to pursue excellence across teams

Standardize and promote best practices for using AI-assisted tools to improve team-level productivity and code quality.

What We Offer:

A Great Place to work

Equal opportunity employer

Fast track growth opportunities

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some 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.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

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 take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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