Senior Staff, Data Engineer
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Job Summary
Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are
When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats next
From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers across the globe WBD offers 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.
Your New Role...
TheSenior StaffData Engineer is accountable for designing and delivering data pipelines that processbillions of ad events dailyacross WBDs global ecosystem. This role sets technical standards for distributed data engineering drives modernization of legacy workflows into modular cloud-native systems and ensures mission-critical data is delivered reliably securely and cost-efficiently for monetization and decisioning.
Whats in in for you...
Contract of employment
Benefits package: private medical care life and accident insurance MyBenefit cafeteria platform sports card social fund retirement pension plan Employee Referral Program
Free access to the HBO Max platform
Work-life balance initiatives: well-being platform yoga massages educational webinars Employee Support Program film screenings organized by employees in the office cinema
Training and development: training platform co-financing of English lessons Employee Resource Groups Engagement Club - the opportunity to develop your interests in thematic employee groups online meetings with experts
CSR activities: volunteering ecological and social initiatives
Access to parking spaces
Your Role Accountabilities...
High-Scale Data Pipeline Engineering
Design and maintain ingestion ETL and activation pipelines supporting real-time and batch processing ofmulti-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 openlakehouse-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 islow-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.
Qualifications & Experience...
Education:Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field. PhD preferred for advanced expertise in distributed systems or statistical optimization.
Data Engineering Expertise:8 years of experience designing and operating enterprise-scale data platforms with high-throughput pipelines.
Cloud & Lakehouse Architectures:Hands-on expertise with AWS/GCP/Azure open table formats (Iceberg Delta Hudi) and distributed compute (Spark Flink Presto).
Streaming & Real-Time Systems:Deep knowledge of Kafka Kinesis or Pub/Sub for powering low-latency ingestion and activation.
Operational Excellence:Skilled in CI/CD automation observability and governance frameworks for enterprise-grade data engineering.
AdTech Domain Knowledge:Familiarity with advertising workflows including forecasting yield optimization identity and campaign execution.
Collaboration & Mentorship:Demonstrated ability to partner with data scientists product and platform engineering while mentoring junior engineers.
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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 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.If youre 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia's premium entertainme ... View more
