Senior Software Engineer - iOS (Swift)

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.

Senior Software Engineer – iOS (Swift) 

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 Warner Bros Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

For more information, please visit www.wbd.com

Meet Our Team:

We are the Product Engineering group for Direct-2-Consumer business, and responsible for building video streaming Mobile & OTT applications for TVE/GO brands (18 in total!). Our front-end teams build user experience for search, catalogue, video streaming, personalization, subscriptions, payments & much more.

 We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to join our Web HWA team. As a senior-most engineer directing this area, you will focus on the challenges of delivering web-based applications for Desktop, Mobile browsers, and Connected TVs (e.g., Samsung, Xbox). If you have a passion for how Web applications should be built, are interested in upcoming web standards, and care about making it easier to secure data and applications of all different sizes and types, we'd love to talk to you!

 

Roles & Responsibilities:  

• Build product features in close collaboration with product and business mandates 

• Contribute to the feature roadmap of the iOS ecosystem of devices 

• Advocate best practices for App development and also lay down best coding practices 

• Work with internal and external stakeholders in developing and designing the app. 

• Initiate, lead and execute work on proof of concepts and help identify the ways to scale/integrate them in the app 

• Own all aspects of the product development from concept, and drive it through development, testing, acceptance, adoption and iterative changes 

• Carry out engineering development with a strong focus on error handling, performance monitoring and metrics across the app. Some of the key metrics are Performance Uptime, Re-Buffering rates, Time Spent on the app, App Store Rating among other measures of product stability and excellence. 

What to Bring:

• 5-8 years’ of iOS experience developing Mobile applications in Swift 

• Hands-on experience in building native mobile apps, Appstore submissions & Apple deployments. 

• Deep understanding of the nuances of the Apple ecosystem, different iOS versions of iOS, and how to effectively design & write code for a multitude of iOS, tvOS devices. 

• Experience building modular apps with principles such as TDD, dependency injection, CI/CD, automated testing and deep understanding of architectures/frameworks such as MVVM, VIPER 

• Familiar with Web Service Integration (REST, JSON) and REST concepts 

• Experience in DevOps/SRE practices such as CI/CD, performance monitoring & incident management 

• Strong computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. 

• Self-confident self-starter – proactive in setting and meeting goals, with limited supervision 

• Good verbal & written communication skills 

What We Offer:

• A Great Place to work.

• Equal opportunity employer

• Fast track growth opportunities

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.