Job Description

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of.Who We AreWhen 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 nextFrom 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.Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform Infrastructure, - 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 Medias premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.For more information, please visit .Meet our Team:The Data & Analytics organization is at the forefront of developing and maintaining frameworks, tools, and data products vital to WBD, including flagship streaming product Max and non-streaming products such as Films Group, Sports, News and overall WBD eco-system. Our mission is to foster unified analytics and drive data-driven use cases by leveraging a robust multi-tenant platform and semantic layer. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions that empower teams across the company to catalyze subscriber growth, amplify engagement, and execute timely, informed decisions, ensuring our continued success in an ever-evolving digital landscape. This team will support studios, sports, news and corporate as well.Roles & Responsibilities:As an Sr. Staff Software Engineer here you are passionate about using software-based approaches to solve complex data-driven challenges and automate those solutions. Within our organization, youll lead efforts aimed at scaling our existing data offerings and establish the technical strategy for how we can better equip engineers and leaders with Data Platform. Youll build a deep understanding of our digital streaming service and use that knowledge, coupled with your engineering, infrastructure, data, and cloud knowledge, to optimize and evolve how we understand our technical ecosystem.To be successful, youll need to be deeply technical and capable of holding your own with other strong peers. You possess excellent collaboration and diplomacy skills. You have experience practicing infrastructure-as-code, data lake management, AI/ML Knowledge, and Analytics. In addition, youll have strong systems knowledge and troubleshooting abilities.Design and build the big data query platform using Open-source softwares.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand changing requirements and incorporate them in the roadmap.Drive the vision for big data query products and platforms.What to Bring:Bachelors degree in computer science, information systems, or information technology.
13+ years of experience working Bigdata Query platform.Enjoying working in an agile environmentSolid knowledge in distributed systemsGood understanding of algorithm and data structuresExperience building and operating platforms with Spark, Spark SQL, Trino, Parquet and IcebergExperience with the overall big data ecosystem, e.g. Datahub, YARN, Kubernetes, HDFS, Flink, Kafka, is a plus.Experience automating, scripting, and streamlining processes for efficiency and accuracy utilizing, Python, Java, Go etc.Some experience with AWS with knowledge of S3, EC2, IAM, Security, Lambda, Networking etc.Ability and experience with the development of processes and procedures to standardize Database installations and configuration.Extensive experience with implementation and maintenance of Disaster Recovery and High availability.Ability to work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious.Ability to provide technical documentation and project plans for technical staff members.Excellent communication, presentation, and customer relationship skills.Excellent organizational and time management skills to handle multiple tasks simultaneouslyPreferred Experience:Experience with Terraform, GitActions is plus.What We Offer:A Great Place to work.Equal opportunity employerFast track growth opportunitiesHow We Get Things DoneThis 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 the diversity of our society and the world around us. 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 and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.

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