Senior Staff, Software Engineering
Warner Bros. Discovery is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead their adtech engineering initiatives in Hyderabad. The role involves architecting high-scale, event-driven systems that process billions of daily ad events. You will drive cloud-native modernization, mentor team members, and partner with data scientists to productionize models. This is a critical leadership-level IC role focused on performance, reliability, and architectural excellence.
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Experience
12+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Warner Bros. Discovery is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead their adtech engineering initiatives in Hyderabad. The role involves architecting high-scale, event-driven systems that process billions of daily ad events. You will drive cloud-native modernization, mentor team members, and partner with data scientists to productionize models. This is a critical leadership-level IC role focused on performance, reliability, and architectural excellence.
TAL's take
High-impact staff level role at a major global media organization with clear scale and system ownership requirements.
Very well-defined role with specific technical requirements, clear organizational context, and defined scope of work.
Salaries at Warner Bros. Discovery
30.8 LPA average
Based on 18 Grapevine salary entries for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Engineering
4 - 6 years | L5
2 LPA average
Range: 2 - 2 LPA
Engineering
6 - 8 years | L5
40 LPA average
Range: 40 - 40 LPA
Engineering
8 - 10 years | L5
32 LPA average
Range: 32 - 32 LPA
Other roles
0 - 2 years | 3
18 LPA average
Range: 18 - 18 LPA
Must haves
- 12+ years experience building large-scale backend distributed systems
- Hands-on expertise with AWS/GCP/Azure and containerization/orchestration
- Deep knowledge of Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub
- Experience in operational excellence including CI/CD and observability
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Tools and skills
About the company
Major media conglomerate with significant engineering footprint but not a native top-tier tech firm.
Posts mentioning Warner Bros. Discovery
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