Manager, Software Engineering, Streaming Analytics Platform- Bangalore

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Manager Software Engineering Streaming Analytics Platform

About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery a premier global media and entertainment company offers audiences the worlds most differentiated and complete portfolio of content brands and franchises across television film streaming sports and gaming. Our streaming portfolio includes leading brands such as HBOMax Discovery CNN Bleacher Report and more.

Meet Our Team

The Streaming Analytics Engineering team builds and operates the data and analytics platform that powers streaming insights across Warner Bros. Discovery brands. Our platform processes billions of streaming telemetry events each day providing the real-time visibility and insights used to monitor playback quality improve customer experience and support data-driven decisions across WBDs global streaming organization.

Were looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for some of WBDs most critical streaming data systems. This role combines technical leadership operational excellence and people management with broad visibility across engineering product and business stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

People Leadership & Team Development

• Lead coach and grow a high-performing team of software engineers.

• Foster a culture of ownership technical excellence and operational rigor.

• Partner with engineering leadership on hiring organizational planning and talent development.

• Set clear expectations and help engineers balance velocity quality and reliability.

• Build an inclusive collaborative environment where engineers can do their best work.

Technical & Delivery Leadership

• Lead the development and operation of large-scale distributed systems that process billions of streaming telemetry events.

• Drive the evolution of WBDs streaming analytics and observability platform providing real-time visibility into playback quality and customer experience.

• Ensure platform services are highly available scalable resilient and cost-efficient.

• Guide architecture technical strategy and execution across the teams roadmap.

• Partner with teams across Playback Platform Data and Product to deliver high-impact initiatives.

Product & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management to define roadmaps and priorities for streaming analytics and observability capabilities.

• Collaborate with engineering analytics and business stakeholders to deliver trusted metrics and actionable insights.

• Drive alignment across teams to execute complex cross-functional initiatives.

• Act as an advocate for internal customers treating data and observability capabilities as products.

• Communicate technical strategy risks and progress effectively to leadership and stakeholders.

What to Bring

• Bachelors degree in computer science Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 1215 years of total experience with 3 years of people management experience with mentoring coaching and developing high-performing engineering teams.

• Hands-on programming experience in Go Java or Python with the ability to contribute to architecture code reviews and technical decision-making.

• Experience building operating and scaling large-scale distributed systems in cloud environments.

• Proven track record leading teams responsible for mission-critical platforms with demanding availability reliability performance and operational requirements.

• Strong technical judgment and experience making architecture decisions that balance scalability reliability cost and operational complexity.

Nice to Have

• Experience building data analytics telemetry observability or monitoring platforms.

• Experience with high-volume event processing streaming data pipelines or real-time analytics systems.

• Experience supporting consumer-facing products on a global scale.

• Experience in video streaming media or other large-scale digital platforms.

• Experience evaluating and integrating third-party technologies alongside internally developed solutions.

What We Offer:

• A Great Place to work

• Equal opportunity employer

• Fast track growth opportunities

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 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.

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