Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Data Core Processing team. The team owns and operates foundational components of the enterprise data platform, enabling reliable data flow across the organization. The role will focus on building and scaling enterprise-grade data platforms, driving technical strategy, and ensuring operational excellence across distributed data systems.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, distributed systems, or related domains
- 3+ years of experience in engineering management leading technical teams
- Strong expertise in data processing frameworks such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, Airflow, Beam, or similar
- Proficiency in programming languages like Python, SQL, Java/Scala, or Go
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and their data services (e.g., EMR, Glue, Lambda, S3, BigQuery, Dataflow)
- Proven experience in building and scaling data infrastructure and platforms
- Experience with both batch and streaming data architectures
- Strong understanding of data modeling, schema design, and data warehousing concepts
- Experience with modern data storage formats and frameworks such as Parquet, Avro, Delta Lake, Iceberg, or Hudi
- Experience working with databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or Redis
- Experience with orchestration tools like Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, or Argo
- Familiarity with containerization and infrastructure tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working with unstructured data (documents, images, video, audio) is a plus
- Knowledge of modern data stack, data lake architectures, and multi-tenant platforms
- Familiarity with AI/ML data pipelines, feature engineering, and data-driven applications
- Understanding of data quality frameworks, observability tools, and governance practices
- Exposure to vector databases and semantic search technologies is a plus
- Contributions to open-source data processing projects are a plus
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills
Benefits
- A great place to work
- Equal opportunity employer
- Fast-track growth opportunities
