Senior Software Engineer - (Data Platform Team), Hyderabad

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.

Sr Software Engineer – Data Platform Infrastructure Team - Hyderabad, India.

About Warner Bros. Discovery:

Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines Warner Media’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.

Meet Our Team:

The Data & Analytics organization is at the forefront of developing and maintaining frameworks, tools, and data products vital to WBD, including flagship streaming product Max and nonstreaming products such as Films Group, Sports, News and overall WBD ecosystem.  Our mission is to foster unified analytics and drive datadriven use cases by leveraging a robust multitenant platform and semantic layer. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions that empower teams across the company to catalyze subscriber growth, amplify engagement, and execute timely, informed decisions, ensuring our continued success in an ever evolving digital landscape. This team will support studios, sports, news and corporate as well.

Work Experience

• Minimum of 5-8 years working experience in the Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.); AWS is preferred.

• Demonstrated proficiency in and professional experience with DevOps fundamentals and Systems Engineering in Linux.

• Strong knowledge of automation methodologies, languages, and tooling.

• Networking concepts and Practical Systems Security required.

Knowledge/Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or relevant field.

• Experience of Building Data & ML Platform

• Experience of Distributed Data Processing

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on administration experience, from setting up the Databricks/Snowflake environments to successfully administering it (AWS preferred)

• Understanding and operational awareness of AWS services and products (EC2, ECS, Fargate, VPC, SQS, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.)

• Experience in developing and maintaining Terraform modules.

• Experience in building GitActions workflows.

• Capable of participating in topics related to web hosting architecture, such as high availability, CI/CD, performance analysis, scaling, SSL, local and global load balancing, caching, and troubleshooting.

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration – Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate and Docker

• Solid understanding of version control systems (git), including branching and merging strategies.

• Solid Experience in scripting languages such as Python OR Java.

• Working knowledge of Terraform and CloudFormation for building Infrastructure as Code.

• Strong Linux administration and engineering background. Windows experience helpful.

Other Requirements

• Research new service integrations both internal to AWS and external.

• Move quickly and intelligently - seeing technical debt as your nemesis.

• Ability to solve problems independently but knows when to request assistance.

• Strong action orientation

Characteristics & Traits

• Naturally inquisitive, critical thinker, proactive problem-solver, and detail-oriented.

• Positive attitude and an open mind

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to act independently and responsibly

• Self-starter, comfortable initiating projects from design to execution with minimal supervision

• Ability to manage and balance multiple (and sometimes competing) priorities in a fast-paced, complex business environment and can manage time effectively to consistently meet deadlines

• Team player and relationship builder

What We Offer:

• A Great Place to work.

• Equal opportunity employer

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, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.