Senior Staff Software Engineer

Job Description

About Us
The Media Supply Chain (MSC) Content Distribution Engineering team at WBD is responsible for building and maintaining the systems that schedule content, orchestrate its delivery, and provide tools for operations to monitor and act on those deliveries. Our platforms ensure timely, accurate, and scalable content distribution across global partners and services.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of scalable, event-driven systems that power our content scheduling, delivery orchestration, and operational tooling. The Media Supply Chain (MSC) Content Distribution Engineering team is responsible for building the end-to-end platform that enables Warner Bros. Discovery to acquire, transform, and distribute media, metadata, artwork, and ancillary materials to partners and platforms worldwide.
This role will help evolve our distribution ecosystem-simplifying workflows, consolidating legacy tools, and enabling rapid onboarding of new partners and business models. You will play a critical role in improving operational efficiency, observability, and automation, with a north star of managing by exception and minimizing manual intervention. Our systems must be flexible, fast, and scalable to meet the demands of a rapidly changing media landscape and support the company's strategic growth goals.

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 Content Distribution Engineering 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
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a senior or staff-level role.
• Deep expertise in Java, Node.js, and Python.
• Strong experience with AWS, MongoDB, and Kubernetes.
• Proven track record in designing and deploying event-driven architectures and microservices.
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques to enhance operational efficiency, such as predictive scheduling, intelligent alerting, or automated anomaly detection in content delivery systems.
• Proficiency in Angular or other modern UI frameworks (e.g., React, Vue) for building intuitive and responsive operational tools.
• Ability to implement robust monitoring and observability, using tools such as Grafana, CloudWatch, Kibana, and PagerDuty.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with media operations and supply chain systems.
• Prior involvement in onboarding or supporting VOD partners and global launches
• Familiarity with MovieLabs specifications and content distribution stand

Additional Information
On December 5, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. The transaction is expected to close after the separation of Warner Bros. Discovery's Global Networks division, Discovery Global, into a new publicly-traded company, which is expected to be completed in Q3 2026. For more details, including leadership appointments and information on individual brands, please visit our newsroom here.
Although you will be hired by Warner Bros. Discovery, upon the planned spin-off of Discovery Global in 2026, your employment likely will transition to Warner Bros. During this period of transformation, you'll have an exciting opportunity to lay the foundation at one of the world's premier entertainment brands.

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: $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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-74n459-18-97-9-172-42 in your application.