Senior Software Engineer, Ad Tech – AWS Experience Required

Warner Bros. Discovery

Senior Software Engineer in the Ad Tech Team at WBD designing scalable solutions. Requires AWS experience and expertise in Java, Scala, or Python for advertising technology.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $131,600 - $244,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsETLGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaNoSQLPythonScalaSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions that power advertising technology stack
Build and maintain services for ad-serving, campaign management, and identity systems.
Develop APIs and integrations with third-party AdTech partners and data providers.
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
Contribute to migration of legacy systems to modular, cloud-native architectures.
Implement observability, security, and compliance best practices.
Partner with product and operations teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
Share best practices and mentor junior engineers when needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
5+ years in software engineering, with exposure to AdTech or large-scale distributed systems.
Hands-on expertise with Java, Scala, or Python.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
Familiarity with big data tools (Spark, Kafka) and streaming architectures.
Familiarity with advertising workflows including forecasting, yield optimization, identity, and campaign execution.
Demonstrated ability to partner with data scientists, product, and platform engineering, while mentoring junior engineers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance coverage
employee wellness program
life and disability insurance
retirement savings plan
paid holidays and sick time
vacation

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScalaPythonSQLNoSQLETLbig datareal-time data processingcloud-native architecturedata integration

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingalignment with business goals