Software Developer II

Warner Media, LLC.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major entertainment company in Ottawa is looking for a Software Developer II. The role involves developing software libraries and cloud solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have over two years of software application development experience, proficiency in programming languages like TypeScript, and expertise in cloud technologies like AWS. This position also offers the chance to mentor colleagues and improve overall product quality. Join us to create innovative solutions in a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Great workplace environment

Equal opportunity employer

Fast track growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software application development.
• Strong expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python.
• Experience with cloud technologies like AWS and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Build software libraries and APIs for cloud infrastructure.
• Work with multiple cross-functional teams.
• Provide mentoring to other engineers.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Cloud Technologies

CI/CD

Rest APIs

Automation Frameworks

Scrum Methodologies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Github Actions

Job description

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

At HBO Max, storytelling takes center stage. We’re one of the world’s most iconic entertainment brands — home to bold originals and unforgettable characters. While audiences binge award‑winning content, breaking news, and sports around the clock, our teams stay busy at work creating what’s next in streaming. From Succession, Euphoria, and The Sopranos to global franchises like Game of Thrones and Harry Potter, our content sparks conversation and shapes culture.

HBO Max delivers boundary‑pushing stories across genres and platforms, connecting millions of viewers across 90 countries globally—and we’re just getting started. We're home to the most talked about shows and movies, granting audiences access to the worlds of HBO, Harry Potter, DC, Warner Bros., ID, Adult Swim, A24, and more. Turn your streaming obsession into a career— we’re hiring!

Meet Our Team:

The Global Cloud Device Farm Engineering team designs, builds, and operates a highly scalable, cloud‑native platform and integrations to third‑party cloud farm providers that enable automated testing across real and virtual devices globally. We deliver Device Farm as a Service (DFaaS), providing on‑demand device access, queuing, test orchestration, and advanced reporting capabilities to automation and quality engineering teams.

Our work spans distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, software libraries, and API / microservice development, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance optimization. We engineer solutions that integrate seamlessly with our in‑house test automation framework & libraries, CI/CD pipelines, supporting thousands of concurrent test executions across diverse platforms and environments.

With a build‑for‑scale and automate everything mindset, we continuously evolve our platform to accelerate product quality and engineering efficiency across the organization. Join us to architect and innovate the next generation of global cloud testing infrastructure.

Roles & Responsibilities:

We are hiring Software Developer II to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for building software libraries, APIs, Cloud infrastructure & integrations and tools, strike a balance between engineering excellence and test quality, architect and develop solutions across multiple delivery pipelines, and establish best practices & processes which improve developer efficiencies and product quality.

We are hiring Software Developer II to join our team. The ideal candidate will also have a track record of having worked with multiple cross‑functional teams and the ability to handle multiple initiatives as part of the overall product release pipeline. You are a key influencer in your team’s strategy and contribute significantly to team planning. You show good judgment making trade‑offs between immediate and long‑term business needs. You are a collaborative partner that makes other team members around you more productive, by sharing your knowledge, and helping to tie‑break key technical decisions. You provide mentoring to others.

Scope and Complexity: You have acquired subject‑matter expertise over one or more production software systems and demonstrated a pattern of shipping high quality feature changes in that or those system(s)

Decision Making: You solve business problems with simple and straightforward solutions, applying appropriate technologies and software engineering best practices. You are able to lead the design and development of the most complex enhancements.

Execution: You have built multiple stable, scalable feature changes that have been successfully shipped to customers in production.

Operations: Your work and your approach to work are exemplary: you drive best practices and set standards for your team. You are a role model to other teams. Your software contributions in production are the model of highly available, low latency, and efficient software. Your documentation in code, on technical designs, and operations provide clarity to any engineer interacting with your software or its code.

Influence: You are a collaborative leader that makes other engineers and team members around you more productive, by sharing your knowledge, and helping to tie‑break key technical decisions. You provide mentoring to other engineers.

Communication: You are an effective communicator as exemplified by your technical documentation, and your interactions with stakeholders and adjacent teams. You can effectively represent the technical decisions from your team to senior stakeholders as well as communicate well enough with the team.

What to Bring:

• 2+ years of experience in software application development building software libraries, APIs, frameworks and tools; Brings in high proficiency and technical leadership
• Strong expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python or other similar programming languages
• Develop high-quality software design and architecture
• 2+ experience working on cloud technologies like AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience working on CI/CD delivery model using Github actions, Armory or any other tools
• Experience working with Rest APIs, gRPC
• Experience working with different device types and operating systems such as Windows, OSX, iOS, tvOS, Android, Roku, FireTV, Xbox, Playstation, Tizen, WebOS & SetTop boxes
• Experience or exposure in automation frameworks like Appium, Selenium, Suitest and other similar frameworks
• Nice to have exposure / experience working with device farms like BrowserStack, SauceLab, AWS Device farm, HeadSpin
• Exposure to working on Grafana and other reporting tools
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clear code
• Understanding of multiple test types including unit, functional, integration, end to end, security, performance, load, contract test automation and UI tests including test runners like Cucumber/BDD testing
• Well versed with Scrum methodologies, Jira, defect life cycle, version control tools
• Able to drive and steer discussions and meetings to achieve desired goals
• Able to collaborate and work with development teams across multiple time zones and locations
• Ability to focus both strategically and tactically to achieve business goals, including the use of data to drive improvements
• Good verbal and written communication skills

What We Offer:

• A Great Place to work
• Equal opportunity employer
• Fast track growth opportunity

On June9, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies, Warner Bros. and Discovery Global, with an expected completion in mid-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 separation 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.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

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.