Warner Bros. Discovery - Backend Developer - Node.js / GraphQL

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 Medias premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

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 Software Engineer Level II, you will be a key member of the WBD Sports team, responsible for building and maintaining systems supporting Warner Bros. Discoverys 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.

• Contribute to 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.
• 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.

What to Bring :

3-5 years of experience as a software developer.

Backend Node.js (with 3+ years of experience)

GraphQL (with 1+ years of experience)

AWS (Lambda / S3 / ECS / RDS) / Infrastructure as code

Redis

PostgreSQL

Unit, Functional Testing & TDD

Typescript

Fluent in English

Bonus Skills :

Terraform

Kafka

CI / CD

DynamoDB

React.js

Elixir

RUST

Technical Environment :

Tech Stack : TypeScript, Node, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, AWS services

Development Practices : TDD, pair programming, code reviews, continuous integration and delivery (CI / CD)

Deployment : Automated using Terraform / Github Actions on AWS

Technologies Used : API portals (API Gateway, CloudFront, WAF), serverless technologies (Lambda), storage and database systems (Aurora, S3), messaging systems (SNS, SQS), Kafka

Agile Practices : Dailies, story detailing, planning, retrospectives

What We Offer :

A Great Place to work

Equal opportunity employer

Fast track growth opportunities

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