Job Description
The Sr Software Engineer reports to the Sr Manager, Engineering and is accountable for designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions that power our advertising technology stack.
Your Role Accountabilities:
Software Development & Integration
Build and maintain services for ad-serving, campaign management, and identity systems.
Full stack engineers possessing entire web development skills such as backend (JS, Python, java etc), frontend (HTML, JSS, framework like React/Angular/Vue), database (SQL, NoSQL), cloud platforms etc.
Develop APIs and integrations with third-party AdTech partners and data providers.
Proficiency in:
One language: Python, Java, JavaScript (Node.js), Go, Ruby, PHP, Angular/React framework,
Cloud platform: AWS, Azure, GCP, DevOps tool
Data Engineering
Design and implement ETL pipelines and real-time data processing for ad performance, forecasting, and yield optimization.
Work with big data frameworks (Spark, Kafka) to handle large-scale datasets
Platform Modernization
Contribute to migration of legacy systems to modular, cloud-native architectures.
Implement observability, security, and compliance best practices, system design.
Collaboration & Technical Guidance
Partner with product and operations teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
Share best practices and mentor junior engineers when needed.
Qualifications & Experience
• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Engineering Expertise: 5+ years in software engineering, with exposure to AdTech or large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-On technical experience: Hands-on expertise with Java, Scala, or Python, JavaScript. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure). Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases. Familiarity with big data tools (Spark, Kafka) and streaming architectures.
• AdTech Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with advertising workflows including forecasting, yield optimization, identity, and campaign execution.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Demonstrated ability to partner with data scientists, product, and platform engineering, while mentoring junior engineers.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. 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.
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-j686mw-18-97-14-86-42 in your application.