Software Engineer II

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. Meet Our Team: The Media Supply Chain Engineering team builds the applications and services that power Warner Bros Discovery’s content supply chain . Our applications cover the entire breadth of the media supply chain, from idea to distribution . We have a robust global community of thousands of internal Warner Bros Discovery users who rely on our apps every day to get television produced, on the air, and onto Max. We’re looking for a developer who can be an integral part of our Media Supply Chain development team based in either New York City or Silver Spring, MD . We need a full stack developer who’s comfortable building, implementing, and consuming RESTful APIs for enterprise solutions. Our current service tier is a blend of Python microservices and Lambdas deployed within AWS . Our fleet of services works together in an event-driven workflow to guide content through acquisition and distribution workflows . We also build dashboard applications and monitoring tools using Angular web components . As a full-stack developer you’d be working alongside our current development team that features other full-stack and developers as well as back-end developers and media workflow specialists. We don’t need you to be an expert in everything, but we need you to be comfortable in both microservice design and in UI coding . Requirements and designs don’t deliver set in stone, so we need you to be able to think on your feet and fill in the blanks when necessary . We work in a hybrid model, combining in-person interactions in our offices with remote work at home . Our team uses Slack, JIRA, Confluence and Zoom to help coordinate our work. Roles & Responsibilities: You are hands-on and capable of designing and developing major functional changes to existing software systems, or new ones, involving yourself and other engineers. As an SDE II, you will have complete responsibility of implementation of individual modules/ feature . You will collaborate with architects for design and scalability aspects. You make high impact decisions driving how and what software gets built. Your decisions are often right, and you are persuasive in delivering your suggestions and ideas to your team. What to Bring : 3-5 yrs , Proficient in at least one programming language. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. You are familiar in Reactive programming, asynchronous, non-blocking backend engineering la nguages like Java, Go, Node JS, etc. Also familiar with Akka , play framework (or any other Java frameworks), writing highly scalable engineering backend services and messaging services like Kafka, SQS and others. Experience with one or more of: RDS, PostgreSQL and MySQL, Caching solutions (such as Redis and Guava), Search engine technolog ies etc. Knowledge of, and professional experience with most AWS services, and deeper knowledge of EC2, S3 and CloudWatch . Usage and understanding of Docker and Kubernetes . Experience with Terraform or similar technologies is a plus. Strong computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. 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 the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law. If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page (https://careers.wbd.com/global/en/accessibility) for instructions to submit your request. In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $87,500.00 - $162,500.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.