Sr. Software Quality Engineer

Job Description

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Software Engineer will be a member of the Media Supply Chain (MSC) team within the WarnerMedia Technology (WMTO) organization, the position will be responsible for hands on development as well as managing application launches and software maintenance from inception to launch. The Software Engineer must understand business functions and requirements and translate those to a working application to allow Content Technology to continue innovating in support of business need.

The Media Supply Chain – Who We Are

Media Supply Chain is tasked to architect, engineer, and program manage a wide range of applications, workflows and services for our internal partners who operationally manage and distribute WarnerMedia content globally. Our applications and technology solutions are responsible for scheduling, image & asset metadata management, as well as, content processing and delivery as well as content mastering, localization and preservation. We are the team pioneering new ways to process and deliver WarnerMedia content to its global customers

The Media Supply Chain – Mission
Our mission is to provide and sustain practical, innovative, agile software and technology solutions which are highly reliable, automated, measurable, optimized, modern systems capable of distributing high-quality content and metadata to our domestic and global platforms & partners.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develop and provide support for core functionality and components for applications and service in support of various content platforms by starting with business needs and objectives, creating functional and technical specifications and executing against a plan to launch and maintain applications.
• Review project objectives and determine best technology for implementation. Implement best practice standards for development, build and deployment automation while mentoring and leading a team of engineers.
• Review emerging technologies and evaluate potential uses for WarnerMedia (WM) Technology and other divisions. Develop prototype projects using new technologies.
• Evaluate software products and vendors for WM Technology and other divisions. Recommend action, develop and lead implementation of selected products/services.
• Work with internal and external developers to ensure WM Technology code standards and best practices are performed for development of applications

Work Experience
• 6+ years software development experience

Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• AWS Developer Certification preferred

Knowledge/Skills

Technical Knowledge/Skills in the following areas:
• Fluent in a structured programming language such as Node, Python, Ruby or Java
• Strong knowledge of the CI/CD pipeline
• Experience with writing automation tests for Selenium or backend API services
• Ability to critically analyze an architecture diagram and identify areas of automation
• Extensive testing experience using Jest, Mocha, Cypress and other E2E
• Proficient with docker containers, Jenkins and Github
• REST, GraphQL, microservices, AWS Lambda
• SQL and NoSQL (MongoDB, ElasticSearch) datastores
• Experience in one or more cloud provider technologies such as AWS, Azure or GCP
Other Requirements
• Ability to work with outside vendors and clients under sometimes adverse circumstances and under time critical constraints
• Must be able communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel (in person, written, telephone).
• Must be able to pay close attention to detail.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Must be able to organize and schedule work effectively.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including overtime, if and when necessary.
• Must be able to respond to after-hours pager notifications to provide support for applications as necessary.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6p19n-3-147-104-120-42 in your application.