Warner Bros. Discovery
Media and Entertainment
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-DataPlatform
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“Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform at Warner Bros. Discovery. Skills: Data Platform, Data Engineering, Distributed Systems, AI Systems. Build data systems. Drive best practices”
What You'll Achieve.
Successfully shipped to production; Delightful experiences for data consumers; Delightful experiences for internal customers; Consistently deliver results; Positive impact on engineers
Industry & Context.
Solve difficult problems; Troubleshoot production issues; Identify root causes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Python, Scala/Java, Apache Spark, Flink, Apache Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, AWS, GCP, Azure, S3, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Kafka, Kinesis, Parquet, Avro, Delta Lake, Iceberg, SQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog, ETL/ELT patterns, Data warehouse design principles, CI/CD pipelines, Git
Nice to Have
Agentic AI systems, AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, Evaluation frameworks, Fine-tuning models, SLMs, Embeddings, Retrieval systems, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code
What You'll Do.
Contribute to team planning
Solve difficult problems
Design data infrastructure components
Troubleshoot production issues
Propose best practices
Make high-impact decisions
Mentor junior engineers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with product; Collaborate with analytics; Collaborate with engineering stakeholders; Make other engineers productive; Share knowledge; Tie-break technical decisions; Oversee junior engineers' designs; Oversee junior engineers' code quality; Oversee junior engineers' integration
Full Job Description
**_Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of._** **Who We Are…** 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 WBD’s 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, 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. **Senior Software Engineer (Data Platform Team) \- Hyderabad, India.** _**About Warner Bros. Discovery:** _ 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 Warner Media's premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses. For more information, please visit [ _www.wbd.com_](https://www.wbd.com/). _**Meet Our Team: ** _ The Data Platform team at Warner Bros. Discovery powers data-driven experiences across global products like Max, Discovery+, Sports, Studios, and News. The team builds and operates a scalable, multi-tenant data ecosystem that enables analytics, real-time insights, and machine learning use cases across the organization. Positioned at the core of the data journey, the team is responsible for ingesting, processing, and transforming large volumes of client and server-side data into reliable and high-quality datasets. Operating at the intersection of data and platform engineering, the team focuses on building robust pipelines, ensuring data quality and g
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