Software Engineer II (Mid-Level) - JVM
Warner Bros. Discovery
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.
Warner Bros. has been entertaining audiences for more than 90 years through the world’s most-loved characters and franchises. Warner Bros. employs people all over the world in a wide variety of disciplines. We're always on the lookout for energetic, creative people to join our team.
Your New Role...
The Direct to Consumer (DTC) Group is a technology company within Warner Bros Discovery. We are building a global streaming video platform (OTT), and a suite of applications to support all of our network’s digital brands globally. We are building modern container-based micro-services operated on AWS. Our platform covers everything from search, browse, content catalog, merchandising, localizations, personalization, and much more. We enable performant streaming experiences across connected TVs, web, mobile phones, tablets, and consoles for a large footprint of WBD owned streaming services (HBO Max, Discovery+, CNN, and others). This is a growing, global engineering group crucial to WBD’s future.
We are hiring a Software Engineer II within the DTC Content Experience Platform. The team is responsible for aggregating, enabling, and serving the personalized Content Discovery experience within our DTC streaming video platforms through our Experience Services APIs. We ensure all client applications worldwide have seamless access to the latest and relevant content metadata, personalized browse experiences and curations, and presentational elements to deliver a best-in-class content discovery experience to our hundreds of millions of streaming users globally across our different streaming service platforms.
Your Role Accountabilities...
Design, implement, and maintain features or improvements in existing backend systems.
Troubleshoot production issues—identify root causes, contribute to fixes, and help improve system resilience through learnings.
Actively participate in technical discussions, design reviews, and planning sessions—bringing thoughtful questions and ideas to the table.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, following team standards and contributing to code quality.
Collaborate closely with teammates, product managers, and designers to understand requirements and deliver high-quality software.
Contribute to improving development workflows, documentation, and internal tools to increase team productivity.
Learn and apply best practices in system design, testing, observability, and deployment through hands-on experience and mentorship.
Qualifications and Experience...
Minimum 3 years hands-on experience developing backend services using Java or other JVM-based languages.
Familiarity with building and running applications in cloud environments, using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.
Experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures
Familiarity with sync and async communication patterns using technologies such as gRPC, Kafka, or similar technologies
Demonstrated ability to design and deliver high-performance, low-latency APIs for real-time applications.
Working knowledge of datastores and caching technologies such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, or Caffeine.
Exposure to performance considerations, scalability challenges, and system observability in real-world applications.
Additional Information...
On December 5, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. The transaction is expected to close after the separation of Warner Bros. Discovery's Global Networks division, Discovery Global, into a new publicly-traded company, which is expected to be completed in Q3 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 spin-off of Discovery Global 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.
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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.