# Senior Staff Data Engineer (Ad Tech Team - AWS experience required)

Hiring organization: [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/warner-bros-discovery)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/abeeb6e3-4d03-4bae-898c-c8d23b4f1ed6

Listed on Warner Bros. Discovery's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Silver Spring, MD
- Salary: 161070 – 299130 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads the design and operation of massive-scale data pipelines processing billions of ad events daily across WBD's streaming and advertising infrastructure. It suits experienced data engineers who can architect cloud-native systems, mentor teams, and drive modernization of legacy ad-tech platforms.

_Our summary, not Warner Bros. Discovery's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Flink, Apache Iceberg, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, CI/CD, Microsoft Azure, Presto

## Required

- 12+ years designing and operating enterprise-scale data platforms
- Hands-on expertise with AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with open table formats (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi)
- Deep knowledge of Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub for real-time ingestion
- Operational excellence in CI/CD, automation, observability, and governance
- Familiarity with advertising workflows including forecasting, yield optimization, and identity systems

## Nice to have

- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Advanced expertise in distributed systems or statistical optimization
- Experience with ad-tech domain
- Demonstrated mentorship of junior engineers

Apply on Warner Bros. Discovery's site: https://warnerbros.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/global/job/MD-Silver-Spring-8403-Colesville-Road/Senior-Staff-Data-Engineer--Ad-Tech-Team---AWS-experience-required-_R000105293