Senior Staff, Data Engineer

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global entertainment company with a vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands. The role involves working on designing and delivering data pipelines processing billions of ad events daily across Warner Bros. Discovery’s global ecosystem.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; PhD preferred for advanced expertise in distributed systems or statistical optimization.
• 8+ years of experience designing and operating enterprise-scale data platforms with high-throughput pipelines.
• Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and open table formats (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi).
• Experience with distributed compute frameworks (Spark, Flink, Presto).
• Deep knowledge of streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub).
• Skilled in CI/CD, automation, observability, and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with ad-tech domain workflows including forecasting, yield optimization, identity, and campaign execution.
• Demonstrated collaboration and mentorship skills working with data scientists, product, and platform engineering teams.

High-Scale Data Pipeline Engineering:

• Design and maintain ingestion, ETL, and activation pipelines supporting real-time and batch processing of multi-billion event datasets.
• Optimize data workflows for latency, reliability, and scalability in cloud-native environments.

Platform Modernization & Lakehouse Development:

• Modernize legacy ad-tech systems into open, lakehouse-based architectures (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi) for unified analytics and monetization.
• Embed observability, data lineage, and automation frameworks to reduce technical debt and improve resiliency.

Cross-Functional Data Delivery:

• Partner with Data Science to operationalize ML models for forecasting, optimization, and personalization.
• Ensure downstream data delivery into ad servers, identity systems, and activation platforms is low-latency and privacy-compliant.

Architectural Leadership & Mentorship:

• Act as a domain expert in distributed systems, streaming, and big data engineering.
• Mentor junior engineers, share best practices, and elevate engineering standards across global teams.

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