Lead Software Engineer

2 Months ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering • $123,200 PA - $228,800 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Lead Software Engineer at WB Games NY, you will lead the Tools development team, focusing on the developer experience for WBNY and external game studios. You'll work with engineers, product managers, and producers to understand requirements and build tools. Responsibilities include providing technical mentorship, reviewing engineering tasks, designing sustainable products, hands-on leadership in coding, and playing a critical role in product planning. You will oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of in-house tools and systems to improve workflows and align products with the company's values and vision.
Must have:
  • Proven experience leading engineering teams
  • Proficient in reading and writing software
  • Understanding of building products that scale
  • Knowledge of modern build and deployment practices
  • Experience with databases and APIs
  • Excellent communication skills

Job Details

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.

Warner Bros. Games New York works with some of the top talent in the game industry to build online competitive and social features for video games. Our highly experienced team of engineers utilize cutting-edge technology to build game services that are robust and scalable enough to support world-class developers such as NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady, Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Games Montréal, and more!

Your New Role

Warner Bros. Games Inc. seeks a Lead Software Engineer for the WB Games NY Studio. As a Lead Software Engineer at WB Games NY (a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment), you will be working on our Tools team. The WBNY Tools team manages a suite of internal development tools such as build automation pipelines, automated infrastructure management, and frameworks for QA and load testing.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading our Tools development team, focused on WBNY and external game studio developer experience. In this role, you will be working with a highly talented team of engineers, product managers and producers to understand requirements, and deliver tools that meets those requirements.

WB Games New York works with some of the top talent in the game industry to build online competitive and social features for video games. Our highly experienced team of engineers utilize cutting-edge technology to build game services that are robust and scalable enough to support world-class developers such as NetherRealm Studios, Avalanche, Rocksteady, WB Montréal, and more!

Your Role Accountabilities

  • You will need to provide technical mentorship and guidance for a team of engineers

  • You will review completed engineering tasks in collaboration with other leads

  • We are looking for someone who is comfortable teasing out important requirements and helping to design end products that are sustainable and maintainable for years to come.

  • We like hands-on leadership. We will be expecting you to spend time in the code with the team support them in building the best products.

  • You will play a critical role in our product planning process, ensuring that we are making commitments that are reasonable and achievable at high a quality threshold.

  • You will oversee design, implementation, and maintenance of in-house tools and systems to improve workflows for a range of development teams.

  • You will work directly with our Director of Engineering to ensure that your delivered products align with our company’s values and vision.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Proven experience leading engineering teams in the development of complex technical products

  • Proficient in reading and writing software in some general-purpose programming language(s)

  • A general understanding of what it means to build products that scale to millions of players

  • Knowledgeable on modern build, deployment, and cloud infrastructure technology and best practices

  • Experience with databases (NoSQL experience is a plus, since we primarily use MongoDB, RedisDB, and ElasticSearch)

  • Experience using and creating APIs

  • Must have excellent communication skills

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, 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 for instructions to submit your request.

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Avalanche Studios Group is a leading interactive entertainment company, offering a rich portfolio of games from its divisions Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction, including the Just Cause franchise, Rage 2, theHunter: Call of the Wild and Generation Zero. 


Avalanche Studios Group is committed to being a truly inclusive and sustainable workplace that creates innovative games through the power of our people’s creativity. All of Avalanche Studios Group games are developed using the proprietary Apex engine, enabling vast open worlds with endless creative possibilities. 


Learn more at www.avalanchestudios.com/

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