Senior Software Engineer - Content & Experience Tooling

Max is where storytelling takes center stage and where creatives find a home with the support and resources to do their best work, no matter the genre or format. Whatever the viewer wants to watch is front and center and more of what they crave is easily discovered. It is where our exclusive Max Originals and iconic entertainment brands thrive, with HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., DC, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and more delivering the greatest array of series, movies, and specials for audiences of all ages. HBO Max originally launched in the United States in May 2020 and introduced a lower priced, advertising-supported tier in June 2021. It rolled out globally across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, followed by its first European launches in the Nordics and Spain later that year. In May 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery introduced Max, an enhanced streaming platform, in the U.S. HBO Max is currently available in 46 countries and there are plans for the continued global expansion of Max in 2024.

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.

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 Direct to Consumer (DTC) Group is a technology company within Warner Bros Discovery. We are building a global streaming video platform (OTT), and a suite of applications to support all of our network's brands globally. We are building modern container-based micro-services operated on AWS. Our platform covers everything from search, content catalog, video transcoding, personalization, to global subscriptions, and much more. We build for connected TVs, web, mobile phones, tablets, and consoles for a large footprint of WBD owned networks (Max, Discovery, Food Network, Golf TV, MotorTrend, Eurosport, Discovery Play, and many more). This is a growing, global engineering group crucial to WBD's future.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the DTC Content & Experience Tooling team. This team plays a critical role in developing the internal tools and systems that support the Personalization and Merchandising organizations.

Our team is responsible for building and maintaining tools used across HBO Max and Discovery+, including:

• Content Promotion

• Site Configuration (CMS) and Experience Previewing

• Catalog Visualization

As a team of full-stack engineers, we focus on streamlining merchandising workflows and enabling seamless integrations with personalization platforms. We value simplicity, scalability, and developer-friendly solutions that empower our internal stakeholders.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Brings experience building and operating high-performance, scalable systems in production environments, with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions to customers.

• Leads by example, driving engineering best practices and helping establish standards that elevate the team's overall quality and productivity.

• Plays a key role in shaping team strategy, actively contributing to technical planning, roadmap development, and cross-functional alignment.

• Demonstrates strong judgment in making trade-offs between short-term gains and long-term goals, balancing speed with sustainability.

• Is data-driven and intellectually curious, approaching complex technical challenges with a problem-solving mindset and a passion for scale.

• Takes full ownership of their work, consistently delivering results in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a collaborative technical leader, helping other engineers and team members be more productive through support and guidance.

• Lead the design and development of major features or architectural changes across multiple workstreams-both enhancing existing systems and building new ones.

• Troubleshoot production issues effectively, identify root causes, and drive post-mortem learnings to improve development processes and system reliability.

• Provide technical guidance on design, coding standards, and operational best practices to ensure long-term scalability and maintainability.

• Mentor and coach engineers, supporting their growth and enabling them to deliver high-quality software solutions.

• Measure your success not just by personal output, but by the positive impact you have on the team and overall engineering effectiveness.

Technical skills and experience

• Proficiency in Java or other JVM languages (e.g., Kotlin).

• Experience with containerization and cloud infrastructure, including Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.

• Familiarity with modern front-end frameworks such as React and Node.js.

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architectures, including asynchronous communication via gRPC or Kafka.

• Practical experience with databases and caching technologies, including PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, and Caffeine.

• Ability to implement robust monitoring and observability, using tools such as Prometheus, CloudWatch, Kibana, and PagerDuty.

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.

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.

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: $119,700.00 - $222,300.00 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.