Software Engineer

Job Description

Software Engineer II - HBO Max

The Job

The WarnerMedia Direct to Consumer Search team is responsible for the search platform used within the HBO Max experience. We drive a core content discovery experience that aims to quickly connect a customer to a specific video while helping them explore the catalog when they are not sure what they are looking for. As the owner of a critical part of the discovery experience, you will have the opportunity expected to use customer behavior to develop a deep understanding of your customers and apply that to each individual's entertainment activities.

The Daily
• Design, architect, and support the direct-to-consumer search solution that allows customers to find the content they'd love to watch conveniently and promptly.
• Collaborating with team members and cross-functional teams to clarify and define feature requirements.
• Design and deliver complex components and search services
• Maintain high-quality coding standards for yourself and your team
• You are a team resource, growing other junior engineers and broadcast engineering best practices
• Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write
• Seek self-improvement and are adaptable to suggestions and feedback
• You'll become an industry expert in the world of content search
• Hold yourself and your team to high standards while maintaining friendly, respectful relationships

The Essentials
• A strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, operating systems, distributed systems.
• 2+ years of professional development experience using languages such as Java, C, C++, C#, Javascript, Typescript, Golang
• Experience with Cloud Computing platforms (AWS, Google app engine, Azure, Kubernetes)
• End-to-end experience supporting large-scale backend systems in production environments
• Experience with cross-team coordination and collaboration
• Success in delivering and operating reliable low-latency, services operating in a 24x7 environment
• Hold yourself and your team to high standards while maintaining friendly, respectful relationships

The Nice to Haves
• Experience with content search systems using modern search technology. E.g. Lucene, Elasticsearch, Solr, or an equivalent.
• Experience in applying machine learning technologies in search features in a production environment is a strong plus
• Full-stack industry experience, or hands-on familiarity with both client and server technology

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1p28y-3-149-214-32-42 in your application.