Warner Bros. Discovery · 6 hours ago
Senior Data Quality Analyst
DC Washington 820 1st Street NE
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$84K/yr - $156K/yr
5+ years expWarner Bros. Discovery is a leading entertainment company known for its iconic content and storytelling. They are seeking a Senior Data Quality Analyst to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data in their analytics platform, collaborating with various teams to implement automated validation processes and maintain high standards of data quality.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain a comprehensive suite of automated data quality checks in dbt (tests, exposures, docs) and custom Python validation layers for all gold-layer models and key business metrics
Implement and maintain dbt tests, custom Python-based validations, and Monte Carlo monitors to ensure complete coverage of critical datasets and metrics
Serve as the first responder and owner for data-quality incidents; perform rapid triage, coordinate fixes with pipeline owners and ensure resolution within agreed SLAs
Collaborate with analytics engineers during model development to embed testable contracts (schema, uniqueness, freshness, referential integrity, business-rule validation) from day one
Partner with data engineers to validate end-to-end pipeline correctness, including reconciliation between source systems, staging, and gold layers
Continuously expand coverage of critical metrics and entities (user, content, engagement, subscription, revenue, etc.) so that data consumers can trust the semantic layer without manual verification
Build and maintain internal dashboards and runbooks that make data-quality health transparent to leadership and the broader analytics organization
Proactively identify systemic data risks (drift, schema changes, upstream breaks) and propose architectural or process improvements to prevent recurrence
Qualification
Required
5+ years of hands-on experience in data quality, analytics engineering, or data engineering with a heavy emphasis on testing and validation
Advanced proficiency in dbt — writing and maintaining dbt tests, macros, and documentation for data validation
Strong Snowflake expertise: querying, performance troubleshooting, understanding of micro-partitions, clustering, and zero-copy cloning in a data-quality context
Advanced Python skills for building custom data-validation frameworks, integrating with APIs, and automating alerts/workflow (pandas, Great Expectations or similar is a plus)
Experience with data quality and observability tools such as Monte Carlo, Soda, Great Expectations, or similar frameworks
Working knowledge of data modeling principles (dimensional and entity modeling) and data lifecycle management
Ability to debug complex data issues across ingestion, transformation, and semantic layers
Familiarity with version control (Git), CI/CD, and modern data orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, etc.)
Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across engineering, analytics, and product teams to uphold data quality standards
Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical data quality findings into clear insights for stakeholders
Preferred
Knowledge of data lineage tools or metadata management systems
Prior experience in media, content analytics, or digital publishing
Exposure to data privacy, compliance, or security monitoring (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
An employee wellness program
Life and disability insurance
A retirement savings plan
Paid holidays and sick time
Vacation
Company
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros.
10001+ employees
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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
2026-02-05
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