Staff Software Engineer- Global Media Engine- Bangalore

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Who We Are…

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Staff Software Engineer- Global Media Engine- 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 Warner Bros Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

For more information, please visit www.wbd.com

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking an exceptional Staff Software Developer to join our Global Media Engine team's critical video streaming technology initiatives. In this pivotal role, you'll be responsible for architecting and implementing cutting-edge client-side video technologies that power our flagship streaming platform, Max. Your expertise will drive the entire video delivery ecosystem—from initial network transmission to final user playback—encompassing sophisticated tasks like video profile optimization, digital rights management, rendering techniques, advanced telemetry, and dynamic stream optimization. 

You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to design and develop media engine components that interface seamlessly with low-level platform systems, ensuring an unparalleled streaming experience for millions of global users. This is an opportunity to join an innovative team where you'll have direct impact on the technical strategies that define next-generation video streaming, with extensive opportunities to expand your technical skills and own mission-critical features of a world-class entertainment platform. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Join a growing team with many opportunities for you to expand your professional and technical skills 

• Drive the technical vision and own critical, platform-defining features used by millions of customers 

• Lead cross-team and cross-disciplinary initiatives to explore groundbreaking technical solutions 

• Evaluate complex technical tradeoffs using advanced streaming media technologies 

• Improve your team's development, test, and operations practices. 

• Mentor other engineers to help them grow their careers. 

• Use data to solve real world problems and improve customer experience, including prioritization of incoming issues reported by customers, partners, and internal QA 

What to Bring:

• A deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and operating systems  

• Mastery of web-based media playback technologies, including Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) and Media Source Extensions (MSE)

• Deep experience with media technology (e.g. ExoPlayer, AVFoundation, HTML5 video)  

• Comprehensive understanding of streaming technologies (e.g. DASH, HLS)  

• Expertise in DRM systems (e.g. FairPlay, Widevine, PlayReady)  

• Proficiency across device platforms (e.g. Android, iOS, tvOS, set-top box)  

• Advanced video telemetry skills  

• Be a self-starter that can independently solve complex engineering problems 

• Experience with streaming video delivery or playback  

• Passion for software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write, and a desire to become an expert in client-side video technology 

• Seek self-improvement and adapt to suggestions and feedback 

• Hold yourself and your team to high standards while maintaining respectful relationships 

• Ability to provide periodic on-call support for critical emergent customer-facing issues 

• BS degree in Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience 

The Nice to Have:

• 5+ years in software engineering on shipped consumer products or platforms 

• Advanced research or contributions to emerging video streaming technologies 

• Experience with cutting-edge media delivery platforms 

• Contributions to open-source media technology projects.

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.

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