Engineering Manager leading Data Core Processing team at Warner Bros. Discovery. Focusing on building enterprise-grade data platforms and ensuring operational excellence across distributed data systems.
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 6–10 software and data engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and engineering excellence
Define and execute the technical roadmap for data processing infrastructure
Design and build scalable data pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
Develop systems supporting both real-time and batch data processing at scale
Ensure data quality, reliability, and consistency across pipelines
Optimize system performance and manage infrastructure costs effectively
Oversee development of orchestration frameworks and data processing workflows
Implement metadata management, data cataloging, and enrichment capabilities
Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks for data systems
Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy, and security standards
Collaborate with Data Science, Analytics, Product, and Infrastructure teams to deliver high-impact solutions
Define SLAs/SLOs and drive reliability and operational improvements
Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and post-mortem processes
Promote DevOps best practices, automation, and continuous improvement
Manage technical debt while balancing feature development and platform stability
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
Equal opportunity employer
Fast-track growth opportunities
Job title
Manager – Software Engineering, Data Core Processing
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