Principal Software Engineer

Warner Bros; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Bros in Lansing, MI seeks a Principal Software Engineer who lives and breathes Time Management. The role offers $128,000 - $190,000 with ownership of technology work and growth shared both ways.

You will mentor teams, design Go APIs, and improve efficiency across Lansing-specific projects. The position requires proven leadership, action-oriented problem solving, and the ability to communicate with a MI-wide audience.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience guiding principal-level initiatives.
• Bias toward action balanced by knowing when to wait.
• Comfort presenting to a MI-wide audience without a script.
• Humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back.
• Redis fundamentals plus the Nginx polish clients notice.

Responsibilities

• Sketch Go sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone.
• Build Nginx self-service tools so Lansing teams stop filing tickets for everything.
• Catch the documentation-first Time Management regression in staging before it ever reaches Lansing customers.
• Read the Redis stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root.
• Design Go APIs other Lansing, MI teams will still thank you for next year.

Skills

Leadership

Action bias

Public speaking

Openness to revise opinions

Redis fundamentals

Nginx polish

Willingness to commute

Tools

Go

Nginx

Redis

Job description

We believe great engineers ship great software, so we are hiring a Principal Software Engineer who lives and breathes Time Management. Warner Bros frames it as a partnership — $128,000 - $190,000 for your 8 years, ownership of technology work, and growth shared both ways.

Key Responsibilities

• Sketch Go sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Build Nginx self-service tools so Lansing teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Catch the documentation-first Time Management regression in staging before it ever reaches Lansing customers
• Read the Redis stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
• Design Go APIs other Lansing, MI teams will still thank you for next year

What You'll Bring

• Proven leadership experience guiding principal-level initiatives
• A hardworking bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• Comfort presenting to a MI-wide audience without a script
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• Redis fundamentals plus the Nginx polish clients notice
• Willingness to commute to Lansing, MI or work flexibly as needed

Here at Warner Bros, we combine clarity-seeking engineering with a relentless focus on the customers we serve in Lansing, MI. Inclusion isn't a poster on the Lansing, MI wall; it's who gets pulled into the room and heard.

Your compensation opens at $128,000 - $190,000, your mentor is waiting, your benefits are ready, and your hours are yours to flex.

We are actively sourcing thoughtfully-bold professionals for this principal role right now.