Senior Software Engineer

Warner Bros. Discovery; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great work culture

Equal opportunity employer

Fast track growth

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the Consumer Team. The role focuses on building scalable Java-based microservices and cloud-native platforms that power global streaming experiences.

You will collaborate with remote peers, drive engineering excellence, mentor engineers, and contribute to design and operational best practices while delivering high-quality, reliable software at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5–8 years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java (8+) with scalable microservices experience.
• Experience building global-scale platform services in prod and non-prod.
• Collaborates effectively with remote teams across geographies and time zones.
• Solid CS fundamentals; understands Kubernetes-based microservices, REST/gRPC, caching, messaging, DB services, API gateways, service mesh, and IaC.
• Experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Data-driven KPIs for performance, scale, availability, reliability and security.
• Security-minded with strong data protection practices.
• Implementing alerting, metrics and logging with Prometheus, CloudWatch, Kibana, PagerDuty.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB and Caffeine.
• Familiar with asynchronous, non-blocking programming; Spring WebFlux, Vert.x, Node.js.
• Operational experience: run services globally; on-call, incident response, playbooks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Build high-performance, scalable systems deployed in production.
• Champion engineering and operational excellence.
• Set standards and best practices within the team.
• Influence strategy and contribute to planning.
• Collaborate with peers and contribute to technical decisions.
• Lead major functional changes in existing or new software systems.
• Investigate production issues, identify root causes, and improve processes.
• Document code, designs, and processes for clarity.
• Mentor junior engineers and positively influence the team.

Skills

Java 8+

Kubernetes

REST API

gRPC

Cloud platforms

Spring WebFlux

Reactive programming

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

DynamoDB

Caffeine

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Kibana

PagerDuty

Terraform

Service mesh

API gateways

Job description

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.

Sr Software Engineer - Java (Consumer Team) Hyderabad

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:

DTC’s many software engineering teams build applications for the web, mobile, tablets, connected TVs, consoles, and other streaming devices. Every customer starts their wonderful journey into the world of WBD through DTC’s Identity and Growth teams. We ensure customers can seamlessly authenticate and authorize across all WBD brands. We are a fast-growing, global engineering group crucial to WBD’s future. We are setting up an India Development Center to better support our global streaming services and assist international teams. We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join the India Identity and Growth teams and enable the global expansion of our services.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Build high-performance, stable, and scalable systems deployed in production.
• Always champion engineering and operational excellence.
• Drive best practices and set standards within the team.
• Influence the team’s strategy and contribute significantly to planning.
• Exercise good judgment when balancing immediate and long-term business needs.
• Creatively think and innovate to deliver delightful experiences for customers.
• Always demonstrate data-driven decision-making and continuously seek solutions to challenging problems.
• Hold strong opinions while remaining open to other perspectives.
• Consistently deliver results, with quality, in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate with peers, share knowledge, and contribute to technical decisions.
• Lead major functional changes in existing or new software systems.
• Investigate production issues, identify root causes, and improve processes.
• Document code, designs, and processes for clarity.
• Provide guidance on design, coding, and operational best practices.
• Establish best practices and quality standards within the team.
• Mentor junior engineers and positively influence the team.

What to Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 – 8 years of experience as a software developer.
• Strong proficiency in Java (8+) with experience building scalable, cloud-native, microservices-based systems.
• Experience in building and operating global-scale large platform services in non-prod and prod environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with remote peers across disparate geographies and time zones.
• Strong CS fundamentals; strong technical understanding of Kubernetes-based microservice architectures, REST/gRPC communication patterns, caching solutions, messaging services, DB services, API gateways, service mesh, and infrastructure-as-code technologies/processes.
• Direct experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, or other).
• Experience establishing and improving data-driven infrastructure and service KPIs such as performance, scale, availability, reliability, security.
• A strong understanding of security best practices and a high bar for protecting customer data.
• Ability to implement alerting, metrics, and logging using tools like Prometheus, CloudWatch, Kibana, PagerDuty.
• Experience with persistence and caching solutions such as PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, and Caffeine
• Familiar with asynchronous, non-blocking, functional/reactive styles of programming. Hands-on experience with frameworks such as Spring WebFlux, Vert.x, Node.js.
• Operational Experience to run services globally; on-call rotation, incident response, playbooks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with emphasis on technical documentation.

What We Offer:

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

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, 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.