Warner Bros. Discovery · 3 days ago
Principal Data Engineer
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
14+ years expWarner Bros. Discovery is a leading media and entertainment company known for its iconic content and beloved brands. They are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join their Data Engineering Team, responsible for architecting and leading data platform strategies, developing large-scale data pipelines, and ensuring data availability for business intelligence tools.
AdvertisingBroadcastingDigital EntertainmentDigital MediaFilm ProductionMedia and EntertainmentNewsPublishing
Responsibilities
Define and implement the strategic vision for data platforms supporting streaming and ad tech ecosystems
Establish best practices for data engineering, governance, and performance optimization
Build and optimize large-scale data pipelines using Databricks, Spark, and Flink
Design robust data models and storage solutions leveraging Snowflake and AWS services
Architect real-time ingestion and processing frameworks using Kafka and Flink for streaming events and ad delivery data
Drive integration with OTT platforms, linear networks, CDPs, and ad sales systems for campaign targeting and measurement
Ensure data availability and quality for BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau to support dashboards and executive reporting
Mentor engineering teams, review designs, and ensure adherence to architectural standards
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions to improve scalability, cost efficiency, and data quality
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in science, Statistics, Engineering, Business Administration or similar field of study
14+ years of experience building and scaling data platforms
Expert in one or modern data replication and data integration tools (for example Informatica, Attunity, AWS DMS, etc.)
Expert in one or more modern data lake and data warehouse tools (for example Teradata, Redshift, Snowflake, etc.)
Expert in one or more modern advanced analytics tools (for example Spark, Data Bricks, Python, AWS Glue, etc.)
Experience in one or more modern advanced business intelligence & visualization tools (for example Business Objects, Tableau, Looker, etc.)
Experience in software delivery through continuous integration (for example git, bitbucket, Jenkins, etc.)
Experience in one or more automation and scheduling tools (for example Redwood, Airflow, etc.)
Experience with Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
Experience with Excel spreadsheets, modeling, and reporting
Knowledge of cloud-based environments (AWS is a plus)
Preferred
Public speaking and presentation skills
Experience with data science tools such as NumPy, Pandas, R, MATLAB etc
Experience with data processing engines like spark
Experience with DBT
Company
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$17.5BKey Investors
JP Morgan
2025-12-05Acquired
2025-06-09Post Ipo Debt· $17.5B
2005-07-15IPO
Leadership Team
David Zaslav
President and CEO
Mark Thompson
CEO
Recent News
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