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Staff Enginee, Navigation and Browse

HBO

Seattle, WA 09-25-2020
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description

Company Overview

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The Job

As part of the Content Discovery: Navigation & Browse Team, you would be part of the team that owns the user experience when using HBO Max. We work closely with design to develop the technology needed to bring to life new ways of browsing our vast content catalog. We are responsible for navigation across users and devices. We build the framework for editorial teams to highlight content our users would enjoy.

For HBO Max, we are creating a new style of video recommendation that has never been done before. We are designing systems to tailor the look and feel of the app for different users. We are looking for a strong engineer to help realize these new experiences.

The Daily
• • Join a growing team with many opportunities for you to expand your professional and technical skills.
• • Work with other engineering teams and designers to improve user experience
• • Improve your team's development, test, and operations practices.
• • Use your experience to make smart engineering decisions and own critical areas of a product used by millions of customers
• • Get the opportunity to work in multiple areas of the product, both on the client-side and

server-side
• • Ensure quality and consistency of your team's' code and those teams you integrate with
• • Mentor more junior engineers to help them grow their careers.

The Essentials
• • Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science-related discipline.
• • 2+ years in software engineering on shipped consumer products or platforms.
• • Have a deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms,  data structures, and operating systems.
• • Be a self-starter that can independently solve complex engineering problems.
• • Maintain high quality coding standards for yourself and your team.
• • Design and deliver components of a complex architecture or distributed system.
• • Describe highly technical concepts to non-technical audiences in a way they can understand
• • 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
• • Hold yourself and your team to high standards while maintaining friendly, respectful  relationships

The Nice to Haves
• • Familiarity with JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, and ReactJS
• • DevOps experience, where you've owned and operated the systems you've developed
• • Full-stack industry experience, or hands-on familiarity with both client and server  technology
• • Success in designing and building exciting, highly polished, and dynamic user experiences
• • Hands-on experience with web, mobile, game console, set-top box and/or TV client application development

The Perks
• • Exclusive WarnerMedia events and advance screenings
• • Paid time off every year to volunteer
• • Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
• • Access to in-house learning and development resources
• • Part of the WarnerMedia family of powerhouse brands

About Us

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5bj13-3-147-73-35-42 in your application.

Company Profile
HBO

WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Now, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others.