Staff Analytics Engineer, Data & AI

Key Skills

Amazon Athena, Amazon RedShift, Business Intelligence, Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery - CI/CD, ETL frameworks, ETL/ELT technologies, Git, Google BigQuery, Java Programming, Looker, LookML, Python Programming, Splunk, SQL, Tableau

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role…

As a Staff Analytics Engineer, you will lead data visualization-related efforts for the Content Analytics team within WBD's Data & AI Streaming team. You understand how to use big data in answering complex business questions, as well as how to design semantic layers to best support self-service vehicles. You will manage projects from requirements gathering to planning to implementation of full-stack data solutions (pipelines to data tables to visualizations). You will work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure that business logic is properly represented to drive critical business insights and strategy within WBD's world of streaming.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data models that support flexible querying and data visualization
• Partner with Data & AI colleagues (ML Product Managers, Data Engineers) and Content Strategy stakeholders to understand business questions and build out data solutions
• Mentor fellow engineers and help others act as successful stewards of our tools
• Guide the Analytics Engineering roadmap, communicate timelines, and manage development cycles/sprints to deliver value
• Create systematic solutions for solving data anomalies: identifying, alerting, and root cause analysis
• Work proactively with stakeholders to ready data solutions for new releases
• Identify and explore new opportunities through creative engineering methods

Skillset & Experience

• Bachelor's degree, MS or greater, ideally in a quantitative field of study (Computer/Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, etc.)
• 6+ years of relevant experience in Analytics/Data Engineering
• Expertise in writing SQL (clean, efficient code) is a must
• Advanced ability to build reports and dashboards with BI tools (such as Looker and Tableau) is a must; LookML; Aggregating data into upstream tables and integrating multiple tables together, etc.
• Experience in data-warehousing concepts such as star schemas, slowly changing dimensions, ELT/ETL, and MPP databases
• Experience with analytics tools such as Athena, Redshift/BigQuery, Splunk, etc. is a plus
• Proficiency with Git (or similar version control) and CI/CD best practices is a plus
• Experience with general-purpose programming (e.g. Python, Java, Go) is a plus
• Ability to manage and balance multiple (and sometimes competing) priorities in a fast-paced, complex business environment and can manage time effectively to consistently meet deadlines
• Team player and relationship builder

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $107,030.00 - $198,770.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.