Jobs at HBO, New York, United States
Position: Lead Data Science Engineer, Analytic Capabilities
HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by WarnerMedia Entertainment, a division of AT&T’s WarnerMedia. The programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television shows, along with made-for-cable movies, documentaries, and occasional comedy and concert specials. HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the United States. It has been in operation since November 8, 1972. In 2016, HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$1.93 billion, compared to the US$1.88 billion it accrued in 2015.
About position
The incumbent will be liable for the management of other analytic support personnel in support of data science and operational analytics team within consumer insights & analytics.
In particular, s/he will perform the following duties
- Lead the design, deployment, and management of insight and analytic endpoints in cloud-based infrastructure and manage updates/refresh cycles
- Oversee the management of the Consumer Insights & Analytics workspace (data science environment and workflow) within AWS
- Also, work with big data engineers in Technology to facilitate the instrumentation of events from our app and partner data sources, business logic development and publishing of analytic endpoints in the enterprise data lake
- Manage the creation of analytic data sets in support of operational analytics and data science initiatives within the Consumer Insights & Analytics team but also Distribution, Finance, Marketing and Direct to Consumer.
- Collaborate with both internal teams within Consumer Insights & Analytics and other business units to enforce robust analytic process, continuously build on data engineering learnings and continuous improvement in processes and tooling
- Evaluate, acquire and integrate additional sources of data that can enhance the analytic capability
- Furthermore, work with appropriate teams to ensure solutions comply with the HBO data governance and security policies.
Requirements
In order to be fit for the role, candidates must have the following qualifications
- BS or higher in computer science or similar experience. In addition to that, a minimum of five years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated expertise with cloud-based, big-data analytic infrastructure and support advanced analytic and research functions.
- Similarly, strong hands-on expertise with handling structured and unstructured data analytic workflows within a big data platform setting.
- Experience with analytic scripting in R, Python as well as excellent communication and project management skills.
- Flexibility and comfort working in a dynamic organization with minimal documentation and process.
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.