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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.
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.
Meet Our Team:
The Media Supply Chain team is tasked to architect, engineer, and program manage a wide range of applications, workflows and services for our internal partners who operationally manage and distribute WBD content globally. Our applications and technology solutions are responsible for scheduling, image & asset metadata management, as well as content processing and delivery as well as content mastering, localization and preservation. We are the team pioneering new ways to process and deliver WBD content to its global customers
Our mission is to provide and sustain practical, innovative, agile software and technology solutions which are highly reliable, automated, measurable, optimized, modern systems capable of distributing high-quality content and metadata to our domestic and global platforms & partners.
Position Summary:
The Staff Engineer will be a member of the Media Supply Chain (MSC) team. The position will be responsible for the design implementation, and oversight of content ingestion, content search and content discovery functionality within the Media Supply Chain. The Staff Engineer must have experience with data modeling, modern database technologies, event driven architecture patterns for near real-time movement of data and API driven search design and development.
The Staff Engineer will mentor and lead engineers, make technology and design decisions, and partner across the organization in a collaborative manner to achieve results for our mission critical content and data management and distribution applications.
Responsibilities:
Develop and provide support for core data ingest, data search and data publishing capabilities including definition and maintenance of canonical models for various Media Supply Chain domains. Creates architecture diagrams, technical design specifications and actively contributes to source code. Creates and executes against a plan to launch and maintain applications.
Review project objectives and determine best technology for implementation. Implement best practice standards for development, build and deployment automation while mentoring and leading a team of engineers.
Review emerging technologies and evaluate potential uses for the MSC Data team. Develop prototype projects using new technologies.
Evaluate software products and vendors for WBD Technology and other divisions. Recommend action, develop and lead implementation of selected products/services.
Work with internal and external developers to ensure WB Technology code standards and best practices are performed for development of applications
Requirements:
8+ years of hands-on experience in distributed systems architecture with one or more modern NoSQL database technologies such as Mongo, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch or Document DB
Highly proficient with 6+ years of experience in two or more modern programming language such as Java, NodeJS, Typescript, Go.
5+ years of hands-on experience in application search on an enterprise scale using tools such as Elasticsearch or Solr or Lucene
Expertise / experience in sizing, modelling, scaling, and deploying multi-node distributed database clusters (Mongo or Elasticsearch)
Proficient in one or more modern query languages such as Elasticsearch query DSL and mongo aggregation frameworks.
Deep understanding in data modelling and data structures
Experience in event-based architecture using services such as SNS, SQS, Lambda
Experience in data streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka
Proficient in API design and development, specifically REST and GraphQL APIs
Experience with microservices architecture patterns
Demonstrated expertise and experience in deploying containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes or equivalent.
Experience in OLAP systems such as Snowflake is a plus (but not required)
Experience with source code and knowledge repositories such as GitHub or GitLab and JIRA, Confluence
Experience with deploying and running workloads on the cloud specifically on AWS
Proficient in a Linux environment
Hands-on experience with CloudFormation or Teraform
Proficient in the SDLC in an agile environment
Experience in mentoring developers
Must be able communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel (in person, written, telephone).
Must be able to pay close attention to detail.
Must be able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Must be able to organize and schedule work effectively.
Ability to work with outside vendors and clients under sometimes adverse circumstances and under time critical constraints.
Must be able to respond to after-hours pager notifications to provide support or applications as necessary.
Must have the legal right to work in the United States
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.
The Legal Bits…
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: $126,350.00 - $234,650.00 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. 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, 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 and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.
