Senior Software Engineer (Ad Tech Team - AWS experience required)

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Remote, USA · New York, NY Posted 9 days ago $131,600–$244,400 / year
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TL;DR

The Senior Software Engineer role at Warner Bros. involves designing and delivering scalable cloud-native solutions for the advertising technology stack. This includes building and maintaining ad-serving services, campaign management systems, and identity platforms while developing APIs to integrate with third-party AdTech partners and data providers. Responsibilities also encompass designing ETL pipelines and real-time data processing frameworks using big data tools like Spark and Kafka, contributing to the modernization of legacy systems by migrating them to cloud-native architectures, and ensuring observability, security, and compliance standards are met. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on AdTech or large-scale distributed systems, proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python, hands-on experience with AWS/GCP/Azure, and strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.

Skills

Python Java Scala AWS GCP Azure SQL NoSQL Spark Kafka CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Design and develop cloud-native services for ad-serving and campaign management.
  • Build APIs and integrations with third-party AdTech partners and data providers.
  • Implement ETL pipelines and real-time data processing for ad performance analytics.
  • Contribute to the migration of legacy systems to modern, modular architectures.
  • Work on observability, security, and compliance best practices in cloud platforms.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience in AdTech or large-scale distributed systems.
  • Proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python and hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
  • Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, and familiarity with big data tools like Spark and Kafka.
  • Experience designing ETL pipelines and real-time data processing for ad performance optimization.
  • Expertise in implementing observability, security, and compliance best practices in cloud-native architectures.
  • Ability to collaborate with product and operations teams to align technical solutions with business goals.

Market check

Salary context

This $131,600–$244,400 range sits above 56% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$126,442–$234,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$145,000–$215,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media and entertainment company operating a broad portfolio of iconic content and brands including Warner Bros. film studio, HBO, CNN, Discovery Channel, and Max streaming service. Industry: Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery currently has 54 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $121,100–$224,900 across 37 roles with salary data.

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