Spectrum - New York, NY

posted 5 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
New York, NY
Telecommunications

About the position

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Warner Bros. Discovery, you will be at the forefront of leveraging software-based solutions to tackle complex data-driven challenges. Your primary focus will be on scaling existing data offerings and establishing a robust technical strategy that empowers engineers and leaders with the Data Platform. This role requires a deep understanding of our digital streaming service, combined with your expertise in engineering, infrastructure, data, and cloud technologies, to optimize and enhance our technical ecosystem. In this position, you will own the end-to-end architecture of the data platform, ensuring its efficiency, cost-effectiveness, security, and governance. You will collaborate closely with other engineers to design and build optimal platform solutions, working in partnership with various teams to develop foundational elements of the platform. Your responsibilities will also include creating tools and frameworks that enhance data processing, information retrieval, governance, and data quality in a user-friendly manner. You will be tasked with implementing cutting-edge AI/ML techniques, including Generative AI, to improve the efficiency of the platform and data engineering processes. Additionally, you will oversee the platform's 24x7 support availability and manage budgetary concerns, particularly regarding cloud expenditures. Promoting a culture of experimentation and data-driven innovation will be key, as you inspire and motivate your team through presentations and speaking opportunities. Furthermore, you will play a crucial role in hiring, mentoring, and coaching engineers, fostering a team environment that prioritizes empathy, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end architecture of the data platform, ensuring its efficiency, cost-effectiveness, security, and governance.
  • Collaborate closely with other engineers to design and build an optimal and cost-efficient platform solution.
  • Work in partnership with other engineers and managers to design and develop foundational elements of the platform.
  • Create tools and frameworks that enhance data processing, information retrieval, governance, and data quality in a cost-effective and user-friendly manner.
  • Develop platform tools and frameworks to the same standard as seen in open-source projects and engage closely with the engineering community to open source them upon maturity.
  • Implement cutting-edge AI/ML techniques, including Generative AI, to boost the efficiency of the platform and data engineering processes.
  • Take on the responsibility for the platform's 24x7 support availability and oversee budgetary concerns, including cloud expenditure.
  • Promote a culture of experimentation and data-driven innovation, inspiring and motivating through internal and external presentations and other speaking opportunities.
  • Assist in hiring, mentoring, and coaching engineers, helping to build an engineering team that prioritizes empathy, diversity, and inclusion.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar discipline.
  • 8+ years of commendable track record of delivering complex software engineering systems and platforms and 3+ years of people management experience.
  • 6+ years of programming experience using Python/C/C++ or similar languages.
  • 6+ years of experience in a wide variety of distributed systems and frameworks such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Kubernetes, Databricks, Snowflake and more.
  • 4+ years of Cloud (AWS preferred) experience.
  • Experience in Analytics Tools and Frameworks (such as Looker, Tableau or similar) is a huge plus.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
  • Drive to master emerging technologies and share experiences with team members.
  • Ability to understand goals, strategies, and needs of the business as they relate to infrastructure and application development.
  • Expert knowledge of best security practices for cloud apps.
  • Expert with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions Workflows.
  • Terraform development experience.
  • Proficient with C#, Python/Java.
  • Experience working with containerization platforms, such as Docker, EKS.
  • Databases/Storage knowledge: Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch.
  • Git/GitHub experience.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in building AI/ML driven platforms is a huge plus.

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage
  • Employee wellness program
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Paid holidays
  • Sick time
  • Vacation
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