Senior Software Engineer - Java

2 Months ago • 5-8 Years • Full Stack Development • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

This Senior Software Engineer role within the Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) global tech organization at Warner Bros. Discovery focuses on building high-performance, scalable backend systems for web, mobile, and streaming platforms. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining Java-based microservices, working with AWS services (SNS, SQS), Kafka, and databases (Oracle/Postgres), implementing robust monitoring and alerting, and collaborating with a global team. The ideal candidate possesses strong Java skills, experience with Kubernetes, and a proven track record of building and operating large-scale platforms. They will lead functional changes, investigate production issues, and mentor junior engineers.
Must have:
  • Proficient in Java
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • AWS (SNS, SQS), Kafka, Oracle/Postgres
  • Agile methodology experience
  • Building and operating global-scale platforms
Good to have:
  • Experience with Prometheus, CloudWatch, Kibana
  • Asynchronous programming experience
  • Functional/reactive programming styles
Perks:
  • Great Place to work
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Fast track growth opportunities

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.

Sr Software Engineer – Backend, Content Systems, Bangalore

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 Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) global tech organization has many software engineering teams build applications for the web, mobile, tablets, connected TVs, consoles, and other streaming devices. Our platform covers everything from search, catalogue, video transcoding, personalization, to global subscriptions, and really much more. Every customer starts their wonderful journey into the world of WBD through DTC’s Identity and Growth teams. We ensure customers can seamlessly authenticate and authorize across all WBD brands. We are a fast-growing, global engineering group crucial to WBD’s future.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Build high-performance, stable, and scalable systems deployed in production.

  • Always champion engineering and operational excellence.Drive best practices and set standards within the team.

  • Influence the team’s strategy and contribute significantly to planning.
    Exercise good judgment when balancing immediate and long-term business needs.

  • Creatively think and innovate to deliver delightful experiences for customers.

  • Always demonstrate data-driven decision-making and continuously seek solutions to challenging problems.

  • Consistently deliver results, with quality, in a fast-paced environment.

  • Collaborate with peers, share knowledge, and contribute to technical decisions.

  • Lead major functional changes in existing or new software systems.

  • Investigate production issues, identify root causes, and improve processes.

  • Document code, designs, and processes for clarity.

  • Establish best practices and quality standards within the team.
    Mentor junior engineers and positively influence the team

Qualification

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 – 8 years of experience as a software developer. 

  • Proficient in Java programming language.

  • Strong problem solving skills.

  • Discipline at unit, integration, and acceptance testing.

  • Experience working in an agile-based methodology.

  • Experience in building and operating global-scale large platform services in non-prod and prod environments.

  • Ability to collaborate effectively with remote peers across disparate geographies and time zones. 

  • strong technical understanding of Kubernetes-based microservice architectures, AWS SNS and SQS, Kafka messaging services and Oracle/Postgres DBs.

  • Experience establishing and improving data-driven infrastructure and service KPIs such as performance, scale, availability, reliability, security. 

  • Ability to implement alerting, metrics, and logging using tools like Prometheus, CloudWatch, Kibana.

  • Familiar with asynchronous, non-blocking, functional/reactive styles of programming.
    Operational Experience to run services globally; on-call rotation, incident response, playbooks.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with emphasis on technical documentation.

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 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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Warner Bros. Games brings some of the most iconic characters and stories in entertainment to life through videogame development. With multiple world class development studios located across North America and the UK, our teams are made up of top talent in the industry. We strive for an open and collaborative culture where our people can do what they do best – making great games.

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