Manager, Software Engineering - Data Platform , Hyderabad
Core
Lead a small team of 2-5 engineers to build and operate scalable, multi-tenant data ecosystems for analytics, real-time insights, and machine learning use cases across Warner Bros. Discovery's global products.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Data Platform)
Builds
Scalable data pipelines, metadata governance, observability tools, and self-service platform capabilities for data engineering and AI/ML teams.
Domain
Media & Entertainment / Data Engineering & Platform Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering leadership, distributed systems, cloud platforms, data platform architecture, operational excellence, stakeholder management, team hiring and development, roadmap execution, cost optimization, data governance.
Preferred skills
Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Flink, Kafka, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Spark, Kubernetes, AWS, DataHub, Unity Catalog, Monte Carlo, AI/ML platform enablement.
Technologies
Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Flink, Kafka, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Spark, Kubernetes, AWS, DataHub, Unity Catalog, Monte Carlo
Responsibilities
Lead a small team of 2-5 engineers; Own execution across data collection, batch/streaming processing, metadata, and observability; Establish operational practices including SLIs/SLOs, incident response, and runbooks; Drive adoption of metadata, lineage, and data quality practices; Deliver self-service onboarding and automated access workflows.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on technical leadership