Solutions Architect IV

Request Title: AI ContentLab - AI Solutions Architect Business Unit/Group: META Development Requisition Number: 40518-1 Intended Start Date: 10/14/2026 Contract Duration: 10-months Possibility For Extension / Conversion? Possible Max Hourly Pay Rate: $162.54/hr OT Required / Expected? No WB Games Resource(s)? No CNN Resource(s)? No Open to former interns? Yes What We Do/Project The Solutions Architect (SA) for the AI ContentLab is the highest-level domain technology expert for applied AI in content creation, production, and distribution. The SA is responsible for assessing business and creative requirements; collecting, identifying, and approving technical specifications; and developing AI/ML solutions that require engineering to be viable - including generative AI applications, model serving platforms, agentic and multi-agent workflow systems, fine-tuned and adapted foundation models, purchased AI platforms, and the integration of AI capabilities into existing production and business systems. Job Responsibilities / Typical Day in the Role

• Serve as technical owner and point of contact for AI ContentLab solutions spanning generative media (text, image, video, audio, 3D), retrieval and knowledge systems, and agentic workflow automation.
• Develop technical specifications for AI systems and ensure new solutions are designed for optimal access, reusability, and measurable creative and business value.
• Apply architectural and engineering concepts to design solutions that meet operational requirements - scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability - plus AI-specific requirements: inference latency, throughput, cost-per-generation, GPU utilization, model accuracy and drift, output quality, and safety.
• Design and develop AI reference architectures that support corporate business strategy and the enterprise data and AI strategy, with focus on model platforms, media asset and metadata pipelines, vector and embedding stores, feature stores, and evaluation infrastructure.
• Assist in identifying which models, platforms, and vendors to employ based on benchmark performance, cost, licensing and IP indemnification terms, data-use and training-rights provisions, service agreements, and organizational constraints.
• Lead research and development efforts - proofs of concept, prototypes, model bake-offs, and red-teaming exercises - as subject matter expert when introducing new models, techniques, or tooling in a fast-moving field.
• Define and own evaluation strategy: offline eval harnesses, golden datasets, human-in-the-loop review, A/B testing, and production quality monitoring for non-deterministic systems.
• Architect responsible-AI controls into solutions by design: guardrails and content filtering, prompt-injection and data-exfiltration defenses, provenance and watermarking (e.g., C2PA), rights and talent-consent enforcement, audit logging, and human review gates.
• Provide input to management throughout the project management lifecycle (PMLC) and assist managers in developing SLAs and key performance measures appropriate to probabilistic systems (quality thresholds, refusal and escalation rates, cost per unit of output).
• Ensure AI solutions are production-ready, meet defined specifications, and can be maintained via production support methodologies and resources - including model versioning, rollback, retraining and re-evaluation cadence, and knowledge management.
• Facilitate communication between technology workgroups, creative and production teams, and business stakeholders on technical issues and major changes; translate model capabilities and limitations into terms non-technical partners can act on.
• Assume ownership of problems and incidents - including model degradation, harmful or off-brand output, and cost anomalies - and communicate critical situation status.

Must Have Skills / Requirements 1) 3+ years architecting AI/ML or generative AI systems. a. Strong experience with AI orchestration and workflow frameworks. Expert-level technical knowledge of architecture, application systems design, and integration at large scale, with demonstrated delivery of AI/ML systems into production. 2) Familiarity of the Media and Entertainment workflows a. Understanding of Production and Post-Production workflows from previous experience. 3) Strong Understanding of SDLC a. 3+ years; Ability to work with tools like Claude Code and Cursor. Nice to Have Skills / Preferred Requirements

1. Familiarity with AI governance and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act) and model evaluation methodology - preferred.
2. Cloud architecture certification (AWS/GCP/Azure) or ML specialty certification a plus.

Soft Skills:

1. Forward-thinking about recommended services and anticipated business needs in a domain where the capability frontier moves quarterly.
2. Strong understanding of data structures, pipelines, and governance - including training-data lineage, PII handling, and content rights management.

Technology Requirements:

1. Expert-level technical knowledge of architecture, application systems design, and integration at large scale, with demonstrated delivery of AI/ML systems into production.
2. Deep hands-on experience with foundation models and generative AI: LLMs, diffusion and video generation models, multimodal models; prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning and adapters (LoRA/PEFT), distillation, and agentic/tool-use patterns.
3. Strong experience with model serving and inference infrastructure (e.g., vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, Triton, Ray, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Bedrock) and GPU capacity planning and cost optimization.
4. Strong experience with AI orchestration and workflow frameworks.
5. Experience with vector databases and retrieval systems (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Milvus), embedding strategy, chunking, and hybrid search.
6. Strong experience with modern integration technologies: REST/gRPC APIs, event streaming (Kafka/Kinesis), webhooks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) and comparable agent-tool interfaces, and containerized deployment on Kubernetes.
7. Working knowledge of media-specific AI applications preferred: localization and dubbing, automated metadata and content tagging, editorial and promo assembly, VFX assist, archive search, QC and compliance review.

Education / Certifications 1) Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Information Systems, or related major, or equivalent technical/business experience. Interview Process / Next Steps

1. 1st round technical interview (AI and Architecture) with Engineer (30-45 mins)
2. 2nd round screening with Sr Director, AI Lab or another Director on the team. (30-45 minutes)

Additional Notes

• Sourcing in ATL - Techwood
• Hybrid - 3-days onsite.

Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Warner Bros. Discovery through external staffing partners of Allegis Global Solutions. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by AGS and will not be an employee of Warner Bros. Discovery. This role is eligible for the following benefits: Medical, dental & vision Hospital plans 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Company paid short and long-term disability Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA) Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave(PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. AGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email View email address on click.appcast.io for other accommodation options. In accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, employment is contingent upon verification of identity and authorization to work in the United States. All persons hired will be required to complete Form I-9 and provide acceptable documentation as required by law. Please note that we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. These tools may analyze application materials and assist our team in identifying candidates whose qualifications best match the requirements of the role. If you have questions about our use of AI in the hiring process, or would like more information, please contact us. *We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to protected classifications. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. San Francisco Candidates only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. City of Los Angeles Candidates only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. FlexTalent