Staff Software Engineer

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.

Staff Software Engineer – Sports Tech Team, Bangalore

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.

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Meet Our Team:

WBD Sports encompasses a wide range of sports brands and channels, reaching over 130 million people monthly in more than 200 markets and 20+ languages.

Key brands include Bleacher Report, Eurosport and TNT Sports. WBD Sports offers a comprehensive coverage of major sports events, like the Olympics in Europe, tennis Grand Slams and road cycling Grand Tours (e.g. Tour de France) across various platforms including TV and streaming services like Max and Discovery+.

Additionally, it manages and promotes 55 global events annually. TNT Sports UK features exclusive live sports such as the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.

Roles & Responsibilities:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key member of the WBD Sports team, responsible for building and maintaining systems supporting Warner Bros. Discovery's family of Sports products/brands, including Eurosport, NCAA/MML, and Bleacher Report. You will work closely with product/project managers, users, development staff, and senior leadership to implement designs, develop and deploy fan-facing solutions.

• Own and drive key initiatives supporting the developer workflow from PR to release
• Innovate and deliver technical solutions
• Collaborate with partner engineering teams for inputs, support, and guidance
• Establish best practices, set exemplary coding standards and drive operational practices for your team.
• Monitor, review, and coach developer performance; conduct regular performance appraisals and provide disciplinary actions
• Document technical solutions and articulate them to both business and technical audiences
• Present, communicate, and advocate engineering perspectives
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and show ownership of work throughout the sprint process
• Build and maintain highly available, low-latency systems that successfully serve sports content to customers in production environments.
• Integrate service health, monitoring, alerting and documentation capabilities in parallel to your software development deliverables.
• Coach and mentor engineers up to Senior Software Engineer level, providing input to leadership on team development needs and growth opportunities.

What to Bring
:

• 9-12 years of experience as a software developer.

• Backend (with 8+ years of experience)

• GraphQL (with 5+ years of experience)

• .NET/C# Ecosystem: Understanding of microservices, dependency injection, testing frameworks

• Frontend Technologies: React, TypeScript, real-time UI updates
• Data Storage: SQL databases, caching strategies, data modeling
• DevOps/Infrastructure: CI/CD, containerization (Docker), cloud deployment

Individuals who possess these skills would certainly be a bonus:

• Sports Data & Analytics: Understanding of sports statistics, play-by-play data, odds/betting concepts
• Real-time Systems: Experience with live data feeds, streaming, and low-latency processing
• Data Pipeline Architecture: Knowledge of ETL processes, data transformation, and sports data providers (SportRadar, etc.)

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

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.

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