Senior Android Application Developer

Warner Bros Pictures (india) Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A Great Place to work

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery in Bangalore seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Android to build features for our Direct-to-Consumer OTT Player SDK.

You will collaborate with architects, product stakeholders and internal/external teams to deliver scalable Android solutions using Kotlin and the Android SDK. The role requires 4-8 years of native Android experience, a solid grasp of Android architecture, ExoPlayer, REST, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years’ experience in native Android apps with Kotlin.
• Strong knowledge of Android TV architecture, Media framework, ExoPlayer, Android SDK, Java, Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Build features with architects and product stakeholders.
• Advocate best practices for Player design and development.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders to develop the Player SDK.
• Be self-critical and drive continuous improvement.
• Own end-to-end product development from concept to deployment and iterations.
• Focus on operational excellence and metrics-driven delivery.
• Maintain engineering excellence with attention to architecture and design practices.
• Identify improvement scopes and monitor protocol specs for new features.

Skills

Kotlin

Android SDK

REST APIs

CI/CD

Java

Tools

ExoPlayer

Android Studio

Android Studio IDE

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Android, Bangalore

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.

About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines Warner Media’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com

Meet Our Team

We are the Product Engineering group for Direct-2-Consumer business, and responsible for building OTT Player (HLS and DASH) for several Warner Bros. Discovery products across 17 different platforms. We build Player SDK for Android, Apple, Desktop, HWA and STB platforms to provide seamless integration experience to the WBD applications.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Build product features in close collaboration with architects and product stakeholders.
• Advocate best practices for Player Design & Development.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders in developing and designing the Player SDK.
• Be Self Critical about your work and obsessed about continuous improvement.
• Customer Obsession - Anyone who uses Player SDK is your customer, always respond positively to your internal customers (Testers, Client App Developers, Product Managers, etc.) & be receptive to feedback, be obsessed to improve playback experience for end users.
• Own all aspects of the product development from concept, and drive it through development, testing, acceptance, adoption and iterative changes.
• Sheer focus on Operational excellence and metrics driven.
• Focus on Engineering excellence, keep tab on Architecture / Design practices.
• Always look out for improvement scopes, keep tab on Protocol spec & suggest new features.

What to Bring

• 4-8 years’ experience in developing native Android applications in Kotlin.
• Hands‑on experience in building native Android applications and mobility solutions.
• Sound understanding of Android/TV Architecture, Media Framework, Media Player APIs, EXO Player API , Android SDK , Core Java, Android Studio IDE, Compose Framework, Android Debugger, Android Open Source, Kotlin.
• Eye to details and identify optimization scope for performance improvements.
• Good understanding of the basic components of Android: Activity, Services, Intent, Broadcast Receiver, Content Provider, UI components & controls.
• Familiar with Web Service Integration (REST, JSON) and REST concepts.
• Experience in DevOps/SRE practices such as CI/CD, performance monitoring & incident management.
• Strong computer Science fundamentals in object‑oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Self‑confident, self‑starter – proactive in setting and meeting goals, with limited supervision.
• Good verbal & written communication skills.

What We Offer

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

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, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability 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.

Experience Level Senior Level