Senior Director, AdTech Engineering
Warner Bros. Discovery
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Hyderabad • India
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About the role
- Lead the modernization, engineering delivery, and technical strategy for WBD’s global advertising technology platforms
- Ensure WBD’s ad-tech stack maximizes monetization, enables automation, and delivers premium advertising experiences
- Define the vision and architecture for WBD’s enterprise-scale data platforms
- Design blueprints for data lakes, real-time processing, and audience graphs
- Lead the end-to-end design of critical data workflows
- Drive the evolution of legacy data systems into modular, cost-optimized platforms
- Set data governance standards and KPIs, ensuring quality, resiliency, and security
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise-grade data platforms
- Advanced knowledge of open data Lakehouse formats (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi)
- Hands-on expertise in cloud-native data design (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Familiarity with identity resolution, audience graphs, and cross-platform measurement systems in media, advertising, or adjacent high-scale transaction domains
- Deep knowledge of data engineering best practices, CI/CD automation, observability, data lineage, and governance frameworks
- Skilled in cost modeling, benchmarking, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for throughput, latency, and cost efficiency
- Adept at framing complex technical strategies to C-level stakeholders
- Strong grasp of emerging trends in ad-tech, programmatic ecosystems, ML/AI-driven data products, and privacy-first architectures
- Experienced in leading technical evaluations, vendor integrations, and collaborations with third-party data providers, cloud platforms, and open-source communities
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline required; PhD or advanced cloud/data certifications preferred
Benefits
- Thoughtfully curated benefits and tools to explore and grow into your best selves
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Hard Skills & Tools
data platformsdata lakesreal-time processingcloud-native data designopen data Lakehouse formatsdata engineering best practicesCI/CD automationdata lineagegovernance frameworkscost modeling
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingstakeholder managementtechnical evaluationvendor integrationadaptabilitycritical thinking
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in EngineeringPhDadvanced cloud certificationsadvanced data certifications