Senior Software Engineer- Search & Personalization

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.

Roles & Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Search to join support, build and scale the search platform for the global streaming app Max and for other initiatives related to search and personalization experiences in streaming apps. You are excited about working in a fast-moving environment that fosters engineering and operational excellence with continuous development, deployment, experimentation, quality assurance, and collaboration. You will bring an obsession with our customers, skills for rapid feature iteration, and curiosity for this problem space. In your role, you will be working in a team of passionate software engineers and machine learning engineers contributing to a system that serves 100+ million users worldwide.

• Contribute to architecting, building and scaling the backend systems that powers the search experience to users across Max, Discovery+ and other WBD offerings

• Collaborate with data scientists and data engineers to improve quality, stability, resilience of search platforms

• Opportunities to expand skillset into personalization experience

• Drive observability, scalability, cost-optimization, and performance tuning and other improvements to recommendations services and models

• Collaborate with platform, content, user data and product partners as Max expands to new markets around the globe

• Author, test, review, and optimize production-level code in Java while executing best practices in version control and code integration.

• Motivate, inspire and create a culture of experimentation and data-driven innovation while constantly advocating for doing what is right for our customers

• Contribute technical documentation to support project planning, operational excellence, and knowledge sharing

What To Bring

• 5+ years of industry experience

• 3+ years of distributed systems engineering with a large-scale customer base

• 1+ years of experience contributing to search features

• University degree (B.S. or M.S.) or equivalent industry experience in software engineering, computer science, or related fields

• Practical Knowledge of large-scale distributed application architecture, design, implementation and performance tuning

• Strong architectural and design skills

• 3+ years of programming experience in Java

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, be comfortable to contribute to technical documentation and on-call support

• Experience with one of the cloud platforms AWS/GCP/Azure

• Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins etc.

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Experience with search engine technology, such as ElasticSearch/OpenSearch/Solr

• Familiarity with agile practices and processes

• Familiarity with data analytics platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake and querying using SQL

Preferred:

• Hands-on experience with search engine technology

• Working experience with global teams

• Programming experience in a variety of languages, including but not limited to Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, and SQL

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.