Senior Specialist - Software Engineering

As a Sr. Software Engineer in Global Identity, you will play an integral part in building the future of Streaming at Warner Bros Discovery’s products and brands ranging from Max, D+, CNN, TNT Sports to many other WBD brands.

• Help build the backend services that power the registration, authentication and account management experiences for millions of subscribers around the world

• Collaborate with other software engineers and product teams to ensure successful implementation of software solutions to meet our primary goals

• Use data to solve real world problems and improve customer experience.

• Drive best engineering practices including testing, code/architecture reviews, and documentations.

• Handle operational issues and troubleshoot bugs independently.

The Essentials

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering building scalable services for consumer products or platforms in production environments.

• Have a strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and operating systems.

• Solid understanding of how the internet works and operates, specifically on client/server and server/server transactions with a keen knowledge of GRPC, HTTP, DNS, REST.

• Quick learner who can leverage surrounding resources to solve problems.

• Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write.

• Seek self-improvement and adapt to suggestions and feedback.

• Fluency in Java, Relational DBs (SQL) and DynamoDB/MongoDB

• Familiar with the AWS cloud environment (EKS, Elastic-Cache, RDS, DynamoDB)

• Ability to provide periodic on-call support for critical emergent customer-facing issues.

• A passion for learning, sharing knowledge, and working in a team setting with engineers of varying levels of experience.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Java Vertx and Spring Boot.

• Success in designing and building highly available systems at scale.

• Experience working with common database technologies: SQL/Postgres, Dynamo, Redis

• DevOps experience, where you've owned and operated the systems you've developed.

• Experience in monitoring and telemetry: Telegraph, Grafana, and Prometheus.

• Experience working with cloud technologies, especially Kubernetes, AWS and Kafka.

• Experience with security software engineering, especially for distributed applications.

• Experience with Git version control.