Principal, System Architecture

Warner Bros. Discovery UK

Hyderabad, India
On-site
Enterprise-scale automation leveraging ai
Long-term architectural vision and roadmap
Cloud-native data design
The Principal, Systems Architect leads the architecture for WBD’s most critical advertising technology platforms, owning and driving systems architecture to improve scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency

Job Summary

  • The Principal, Systems Architect leads the architecture for WBD’s most critical advertising technology platforms, owning and driving systems architecture to improve scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
  • This role is accountable for the architecture, scalability, and operational excellence of systems spanning converged planning, linear and digital advertising, scheduling, and affiliate distribution.
  • By architecting platform rationalization, cloud migration, and next-generation AI/ML-enabled capabilities, the Principal ensures WBD’s ad-tech stack is positioned to maximize monetization, enable automation, and deliver premium advertising experiences.

Matching Summary

The Principal, Systems Architect leads the architecture for WBD’s most critical advertising technology platforms, owning and driving systems architecture to improve scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • enterprise-scale automation leveraging AI
  • long-term architectural vision and roadmap
  • cloud-native data design
  • identity resolution and audience platforms
  • emerging trends in ad-tech

Nice-to-have

  • storytellers bringing characters to life
  • career defining opportunities
  • thoughtfully curated benefits
  • support, celebration, and growth

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise-grade data platforms
  • Experience automating high-availability, high-throughput production environments
  • Advanced knowledge of open data Lakehouse formats
  • Hands-on expertise in cloud-native data design
  • Familiarity with identity resolution, audience graphs
  • Deep knowledge of data engineering best practices
  • Skilled in cost modeling, benchmarking, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems
  • Strong grasp of emerging trends in ad-tech
  • Experienced in leading technical evaluations, vendor integrations
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline

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