Senior Software Engineer
Warner Bros. DiscoveryBase Salary
$131k - $243k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement infrastructure and validation systems for data models within simulation platforms and broader application ecosystems.
- Build and scale applications and infrastructure supporting CNN use cases and evolving product needs.
- Contribute to technical planning, architecture, development, code reviews, deployment, and engineering excellence.
- Mentor and develop junior engineers through hands-on guidance, code reviews, and training initiatives.
- Lead complex technical work, communicate progress and risks, and collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders.
- Support A/B testing, analytics, experimentation, site performance, and data-informed product decisions.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and provide technical leadership and guidance.
- Use JIRA, GitHub, and Confluence in an Agile software development environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 6+ years of full-stack development and leadership experience with client/server technologies, modern technology stacks, data structures, and algorithms.
- 4–6 years of professional front-end development experience with mastery of modern JavaScript/ES6 and Node.js.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, EKS, Lambda, and Route 53.
- Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL data storage technologies.
- Familiarity with Git, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and CloudFormation.
- 4+ years of debugging and problem-solving experience.
- Experience with A/B testing, analytics, or experimentation tooling.
- Strong architectural and distributed systems foundation, software engineering fundamentals, and design patterns knowledge.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience applying site performance best practices in production.
- Python, Go, or Rust experience is a plus.
- Experience using AI development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, or Claude is preferred.
- Strong communication, ownership, organization, collaboration, mentoring, and technical leadership skills.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Employee wellness program.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
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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 WarnerMedia’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses. ****Please be aware of recruitment scams by individuals posing as employers and encouraging candidates to apply for, interview and/or accept nonexistent job opportunities as a means to solicit personal information or money. The online scammers have become much more sophisticated in their attempts to lure victims. Employment opportunities and job offers at Warner Bros. Discovery will always come from our Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. WBD does not extend job offers via email or on any other messaging tools to individuals to whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @wbd.com. A valid link for employment with Warner Bros. Discovery can be found at https://careers.wbd.com/global/en. If you believe you have been contacted by a scammer and may be the victim of fraud or identity theft, you should report details to the police where you live. You can also report job scams to the FTC. Learn more at https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams. *****