Manager, Engineering

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:

The Manager, Engineering reports to the Sr Director Application engineering and is accountable for team management and designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions that power our advertising technology stack.

Your Role Accountabilities:

Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Define and drive the technical vision and engineering roadmap for advertising platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals, scalability, reliability, and long-term platform evolution.

• Lead architectural decisions for cloud-native, distributed systems and drive modernization of legacy workflows into API-first, event-driven platforms.

• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and operational excellence across system design, scalability, security, and performance.

• Partner with senior leadership to evaluate technology investments, platform strategy, and execution priorities.

Team Management & Development

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team by fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Drive hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for engineers across multiple experience levels.

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and regular feedback to help engineers strengthen both technical and leadership capabilities.

• Build an inclusive and accountable engineering culture focused on delivery excellence and business impact.

Delivery & Execution Oversight

• Oversee end-to-end execution and delivery of engineering initiatives, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions are delivered on schedule.

• Establish and monitor engineering KPIs, SLAs, operational metrics, and governance processes to improve execution predictability and platform reliability.

• Collaborate with Program Management and Product teams to prioritize roadmaps, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and remove execution blockers.

• Drive engineering efficiency through agile development practices, automation, CI/CD, and release management improvements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Data Science, AdOps, and Business stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Align engineering execution with organizational priorities and customer outcomes.

• Represent Engineering in cross-functional leadership discussions, architecture reviews, and strategic planning sessions.

• Communicate technical strategy, delivery status, risks, and trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, frameworks, and engineering practices to improve platform scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.

• Champion modernization initiatives including automation, observability, cloud optimization, and platform standardization.

• Promote a data-driven engineering culture focused on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and proactive incident prevention.

• Drive adoption of security, compliance, and reliability best practices across the engineering organization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience: 8+ years in software engineering, including at least 2–3 years in a leadership or managerial role overseeing engineering teams and complex projects.

• Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud-native platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and distributed systems. Ability to guide technical decisions rather than hands-on coding.

• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with AdTech ecosystems, advertising workflows, and related technologies such as identity resolution, campaign execution, and monetization strategies.

• Leadership & People Management: Proven track record of managing and mentoring engineering teams, driving performance, and fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.

• Strategic Delivery: Experience in defining technical roadmaps, aligning engineering initiatives with business objectives, and managing cross functional dependencies.

• Collaboration: Ability to partner effectively with Product, Data, and Operations teams, influencing stakeholders and communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging technologies, champion automation, and implement best practices for scalability, security, and observability.

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.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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