Software Engineer

Job Description

At HBO Max, storytelling takes center stage. We're one of the world's most iconic entertainment brands - home to bold originals and unforgettable characters. While audiences binge award-winning content, breaking news, and sports around the clock, our teams stay busy at work creating what's next in streaming. From Succession, Euphoria, and The Sopranos to global franchises like Game of Thrones and Harry Potter, our content sparks conversation and shapes culture.
HBO Max delivers boundary-pushing stories across genres and platforms, connecting millions of viewers across 90 countries globally- and we're just getting started. We're home to the most talked about shows and movies, granting audiences access to the worlds of HBO, Harry Potter, DC, Warner Bros., ID, Adult Swim, A24, and more. Turn your streaming obsession into a career- we're hiring!
The In-App Subscriptions Team is a part of the Commerce Pillar at WBD. We are responsible for the services that power all IAP use-cases such as new subscription purchases, renewals, plan changes and overall lifecycle management for HBO Max, Discovery + and other platforms at WBD. Our scale is ~100M customers and our reach is global as we are expanding in markets worldwide .
We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our In-App Subscriptions team. As a member of the team, you will collaborate with other talented engineers at all levels to develop backend services and features that facilitate in-app purchases, including subscription processing, plan changes, and supporting the launch of our HBO Max streaming application in various regions worldwide. If you have a passion for high-scale, low-latency systems that work asynchronously within large-scale commerce organizations and are dedicated to maintaining quality while driving innovation, we'd love to have you on board!

Key Responsibilities:
• Participate proactively in design, coding, and operational best practices, applying these best practices to software projects.
• Join the design and development of significant functional changes to existing software systems or new ones, making decisions on when to build new and when to extend existing systems. Anticipate future use cases and design systems to be extendable.
• Follow and improve the exemplary standards for best practices, proactively proposing and creating best practices when needed.
• Troubleshoot production issues by reviewing source code, logs, operational metrics, stack traces, etc., identifying root causes, and using these insights to improve development processes and system design.
• Make impactful decisions on what software gets built, often persuading the team with your suggestions and ideas.
• Collaborate with third-party partners such as Apple, Amazon, Roku and Samsung to implement various features that have core dependency on these partners.

Preferred Skills:
• 3 + years of software development experience, preferably in a cloud environment.
• 3+ years of programming experience using Java, Python, JavaScript, Swift, or a similar language.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of large-scale application architecture, design, implementation, and performance tuning.
• Experience in modern DevOps/SRE practices such as CI/CD, performance monitoring, and incident management.
• Experience with Micro- service based architectures using gRPC and Kafka for interservice communication.
• Experience with asynchronous, non-blocking, functional programming.
• Deep understanding of AWS.
• Experience in building, operating , and owning services, including implementing alerting, metrics, and logging using tools like Prometheus, CloudWatch, Kibana, and PagerDuty.
• Experience collaborating across product, engineering, and analytics teams to evaluate new ideas , discuss technical concepts, create scalable designs, implement new models, and resolve roadblocks.
• Experience working with third-party partners to collaborate, communicate, escalate issues, and meet timeline commitments.
Nice to haves -
• Experience with dashboarding tools such as Databricks
• Experience with Front-end technologies and frameworks
• AI / ML understanding
If you're a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer II with a passion for cutting-edge technology and a track record of driving excellence in software development, we encourage you to apply.

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: $99,400.00 - $184,600.00 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.

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