Software Architect

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

Warner Bros. Games Boston is a Warner Bros. Games development studio focused on creating free-to-play games for mobile platforms. The studio is utilizing its extensive expertise in creating persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities to develop its hit mobile game, Game of Thrones: Conquest.

WB Games Boston is looking to hire a Software Architect. This technical leadership position will report to the Director of Engineering and will work with a collaborative team of engineers, artists, and design leads to develop high-quality game features for the studio's mobile strategy title. This is an opportunity to join a game studio with an inclusive and positive culture in a rapidly growing industry.

As a high level individual contributor, the Software Architect will work closely with the Director of Engineering to help define and evangelize the technical vision and architectural direction of the game. They will assist project teams at critical points in production and provide technical expertise, problem solving and hands-on systems implementation.

The Daily
• Lead and participate in architecture discussions for development of new game systems
• Identify and articulate technical challenges and risks along with proposed solutions
• Innovate and iterate on process, systems, and technology to deliver world-class social next-generation mobile games
• Establish and champion best practices of software development and perform peer code reviews to ensure adherence to design patterns and coding standards
• Ensure code meets performance, scalability, measurability and reliability standards
• Build on the studio culture of inclusivity and growth through mentorship and knowledge sharing of subject matter expertise across the engineering team

The Essentials
• Extensive professional software engineering experience, both as an individual contributor and in a lead architect or technical leadership role
• In depth knowledge of mobile software development, modern 3D engines (Unity3D preferred), and expertise in C# and other programming languages
• Be a self-motivated team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic and the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Experience with operating games as a service (GAAS), full-stack game development, RESTful APIs and microservices or a willingness to learn.

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. 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 need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g699q9-3-22-61-246-42 in your application.