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This role pays more than
51%
of similar roles. Most pay
$164,362–$254,750
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$206k
versus about
$210k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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
58 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$132,300–$245,700
across 24 roles with salary data.
The Senior Staff Data Engineer joins the team to design and deliver high-scale data pipelines processing billions of daily ad events across a global ecosystem. This role involves modernizing legacy ad-tech systems into modular, cloud-native lakehouse architectures while ensuring mission-critical data is delivered reliably for monetization and decisioning. Key responsibilities include maintaining ingestion, ETL, and activation pipelines for real-time and batch processing, as well as mentoring junior engineers and partnering with data science to operationalize ML models. The position requires expertise in AWS, Spark, Flink, Presto, Kafka, Kinesis, and open table formats like Iceberg, Delta, and Hudi. Candidates must possess deep knowledge of distributed systems, CI/CD, and observability to solve complex advertising workflows involving forecasting, yield optimization, identity, and campaign execution.
What does a Data Engineer earn?
Median $159000 from 203 postings across 58 companies.