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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.

Sr Staff Software Engineer for Content & Experience Tooling

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 Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join the DTC Content & Experience Tooling team. This team plays a critical role in developing the internal tools and systems that are used by our Content, Merchandising, Product, Engineering, and Data organizations to build, curate, monitor, test, and personalize the HBO Max and Discovery+ content discovery experiences. We strive to build and deliver top tier UI tools and service integrations to enable our internal users to deliver the best-in-class content discovery experience to our hundreds of millions of streaming users globally across our different streaming service platforms.

Our team is responsible for building and maintaining a suite of internal tools, including experience configuration, merchandising and promotions, and content and catalogue visualization tools.

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

• Experience in defining the architecture, vision, and/or evolution of enterprise or other complex operational internal tools and workflows. · Has a proven track record of leading architecture and technical direction across multiple teams or domains, not just a single work stream.

• Thinks and operates at an organizational level—connecting product, technical, and operational strategy across functions.

• Recognized as a trusted technical leader who mentors Staff-level engineers and influences broader engineering culture and direction.

• Excels at navigating complexity and ambiguity—balancing short-term business impact with long-term platform evolution.

• Champions a culture of technical excellence, inclusive collaboration, and continuous improvement—through systems, influence, and example.

• Combines deep technical expertise with strong product and business acumen to align engineering direction with company priorities and challenge initiatives which don’t provide value.

• Proactively identifies systemic issues and opportunities across teams and leads cross-org initiatives to improve architecture, performance, and ways of working. · You have a deep empathy for both internal and external customers which rely on and extensively use the tools and services you build and support.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term architecture and technical direction across multiple internal tooling workstreams, ensuring cohesive design and scalable foundations.

• Act as a strategic partner to senior engineering, product, and business leaders—helping shape product roadmaps and organizational priorities.

• Lead complex, cross-team initiatives across frontend and backend teams that require deep coordination, influencing beyond formal authority.

• Guide the technical growth of the Experience Services & Tools organization by mentoring Staff+ engineers, setting high standards, and sharing knowledge broadly.

• Set the bar for operational excellence, engineering velocity, and system reliability—identifying and fixing systemic issues.

• Serve as a connector across domains—bridging teams, technologies, and business contexts to deliver integrated solutions.

• Represent engineering in company-level discussions, helping translate business goals into a sustainable technical strategy.

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior product and engineering leadership—translating technical opportunities and constraints into strategic input that influences product direction and company priorities.

• Take responsibility for the long-term health and evolution of core systems and infrastructure, making principled trade-offs along the way.

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 (https://careers.wbd.com/global/en/accessibility) 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: $159,600.00 - $296,400.00 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.