Staff QA Engineer

As a Staff, QA Engineer at Warner Bros. Discovery, you will play a crucial role in defining and delivering test strategy and automation for mission-critical advertising workflows across the global ecosystem. Your responsibilities include establishing quality engineering standards, modernizing testing processes into automation, and enhancing release confidence through various validations. Key Responsibilities: - Own quality strategy for complex advertising systems covering real-time and batch workflows. - Design comprehensive test approaches for APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and end-to-end flows. - Scale automated test suites focusing on determinism, reliability, and maintainability. - Integrate regression, performance, and data validation into CI/CD pipelines for high-confidence releases. - Collaborate early in design and development cycles to improve testability and prevent defects, shifting towards engineering quality into the system. Expectation: Your role is to help teams transition from "testing features" to "engineering quality into the system." - Architect and standardize scalable test frameworks and quality enforcement mechanisms. - Develop reusable automation frameworks across various layers and establish service virtualization capabilities. - Define quality gates within CI/CD pipelines and utilize observability for faster issue triage. - Ensure the establishment of reusable frameworks and quality gates to enhance release confidence. Expectation: You are expected to reduce fragmentation and improve release confidence through standardized frameworks and quality gates. - Act as a quality partner to Engineering, Product, and Data teams to ensure robust system behavior. - Define acceptance criteria, test plans, and risk-based release strategies. - Validate complex integrations across various systems and ensure correctness of data flows. - Incorporate privacy, compliance, and data governance into test strategies. Expectation: Drive quality outcomes through clear requirements, risk-based testing, and readiness for release. - Raise quality engineering practices within your product area and mentor teams. - Lead design and test strategy reviews focusing on scalability and reliability. - Mentor engineers on automation patterns, testability, and defect prevention. - Champion a culture of quality ownership across teams. Expectation: Encourage shared responsibility for quality, rather than isolating it within the QA function. Qualifications & Experience: - Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - 8+ years of experience in building automated testing and quality practices for enterprise-scale systems. - Proficiency in coding languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with test automation frameworks. - Hands-on experience in API, Integration & Performance Testing, CI/CD quality gates, and observability practices. - Familiarity with AdTech domain knowledge and collaboration with cross-functional teams. At Warner Bros. Discovery, the core values guide our operations and define how we work. We champion inclusion and embrace diversity in our workforce, ensuring equal opportunity for all qualified candidates. If you require accommodations during the job application process due to a disability, please visit our accessibility page for assistance. As a Staff, QA Engineer at Warner Bros. Discovery, you will play a crucial role in defining and delivering test strategy and automation for mission-critical advertising workflows across the global ecosystem. Your responsibilities include establishing quality engineering standards, modernizing testing processes into automation, and enhancing release confidence through various validations. Key Responsibilities: - Own quality strategy for complex advertising systems covering real-time and batch workflows. - Design comprehensive test approaches for APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and end-to-end flows. - Scale automated test suites focusing on determinism, reliability, and maintainability. - Integrate regression, performance, and data validation into CI/CD pipelines for high-confidence releases. - Collaborate early in design and development cycles to improve testability and prevent defects, shifting towards engineering quality into the system. Expectation: Your role is to help teams transition from "testing features" to "engineering quality into the system." - Architect and standardize scalable test frameworks and quality enforcement mechanisms. - Develop reusable automation frameworks across various layers and establish service virtualization capabilities. - Define quality gates within CI/CD pipelines and utilize observability for faster issue triage. - Ensure the establishment of reusable frameworks and quality gates to enhance release confidence. Expectation: You are expected to reduce fragmentation and improve release confidence through