ML Engineer II: Personalization & Content Discovery

CNN; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

CNN Digital is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer II to build and deploy ML systems that power personalization, search, recommendations, and content understanding for millions of users across CNN's digital platforms. You will work on production ML systems with measurable product impact, collaborating with cross-functional teams of engineers, data scientists, product managers, and editorial staff.

Ideal candidates have a MS or PhD, 2+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and experience

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 2+ years of professional experience building and deploying machine learning systems in production environments.
• Strong Python programming skills and experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn or similar).
• 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 partners.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy full-lifecycle machine learning systems in Python for CNN digital products, including personalization, search, recommendations, and content understanding.
• Develop and maintain production ML pipelines, including feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and serving infrastructure.
• Implement rigorous experimentation and A/B testing frameworks to validate model performance and product impact.
• Optimize ML systems for real-time, web-scale performance serving millions of users.
• Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure ML systems meet reliability, scalability, and performance standards.
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and team knowledge sharing.

Skills

Python programming

Communication

Collaboration

Education

MS or PhD in Computer Science/Math/Statistics/Engineering

Tools

Git

MLflow

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

CNN Digital is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer II to build and deploy ML systems that power personalization, search, recommendations, and content understanding for millions of users across CNN's digital platforms. You will work on production ML systems with measurable product impact, collaborating with cross-functional teams of engineers, data scientists, product managers, and editorial staff.

Ideal candidates have a MS or PhD, 2+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and experience