Staff Data Scientist

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.

Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.

Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.

If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!

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Staff Data Scientist

Meet Our Team:

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons. and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers, across the globe, we offer career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves.

Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Roles and responsibilities:

The Staff Data Scientist will serve as a individual contributor driving the design, experimentation, and delivery of advanced machine learning solutions for media intelligence and localization use cases. This role defines modeling approaches that advance the state of the art, and turns research into scalable, production-ready ML systems with measurable product and customer impact. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise in applied machine learning, statistical analysis, and evaluation methodologies and drive innovation through data-informed decision-making.

Your Role Accountabilities:

• Lead end-to-end design and delivery of production-grade Gen AI based Media processing systems that supports language localization capabilities like Closed Captioning, Language translation, or Dubbing.
• Lead data science experimentation by designing experiments, defining success metrics, iterating on model improvements, and transitioning validated approaches into scalable production ML pipelines.
• Establish and operate robust production evaluation frameworks, covering model quality, drift detection, inference performance, and system-level metrics with and without ground truth.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Applied data scientist, Machine Learning Engineers, setting clear technical direction, delivery standards, and career development paths.
• Motivate, inspire and create a culture of experimentation and data-driven innovation while constantly striving to be an advocate for doing what is right for our customers

What to Bring

• 8+ years total experience of building production grade machine learning solutions
• Experience in designing machine learning driven, large-scale distributed systems with large scale customer base
• Good practical knowledge in modern machine learning lifecycle.
• Ability to technically collaborate with partners
• Good understanding of machine learning platform
  

Preferred:

• PhD, or Master's degree in CS, CE, ML or related fields.
• 3+ hands-on experience in any one of following fields: Computer Vision, ASR, Translation or Text-to-Speech technologies.
• Working experience with global teams
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
  

What We Offer:

• A Great Place to work.
• Challenging ML problems in Media Domain.
• Equal opportunity employer
• Fast track growth opportunities

About Skydance

Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.

Some Important Details

We embrace 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. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.