Welcome to *** 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.
Max is the future of entertainment and storytelling. *** Discovery's streaming entertainment offering, Max, launched in May 2023 and is the culmination of some of the most innovative new technology and greatest creative talent in the industry. Anchored by the entire *** service, arguably the greatest brand in television, Max also featuresfan favorites from the WBD library including *** , *** , DC, *** , Discovery, HGTV, *** , *** , *** , *** *** , *** , *** , Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes, and more. Max is home to key third-party library acquisitions such as Friends, South Park and Doctor Who, and exclusive Originals, from the likes of groundbreaking creative talent such as J.J. Abrams, Ridley Scott, Jordan Peele, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Mann, Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, Greg Berlanti, Melissa McCarthy, Robert Zemeckis and other visionaries. Find out more informationatMax.com.
The JobLike to develop features that reach millions of users and have a direct impact on the success of a new and exciting service?The Dotcom team is a friendly, energetic engineering group responsible for the primary customer-facing max.com web site that attracts millions of visitors through SEO, paid advertising, and partner relationships.On our team, your work will be the conduit to convert visitors into customers and is highly visible.We work closely with product, SEO, marketing, content, experimentation, and design to develop features and tools that empower our teams to build, deploy, and serve world-class, high-conversion, data-driven pages.We're looking for Engineers that have an interest in the space and a passion for creating great software.
As a DevOps Engineer on WBD Max Dotcom team,you will design and build solutions to support the infrastructure and CI/CD processes of our publishing system.Join us as we expand our services across the globe to support an increasing number of visitors and internal users with reliable and performant hosting and deployment environments.You will work closely with the best engineers as an integral part of a custom publishing platform, which reaches millions of users every month.You will own and improve systems that bridge *** ween teams and will underpin the roadmap of the product for years to come. By joining our team, you'll have a rare opportunity to build noteworthy components of a major new ser *** from the ground up, and your work will help attract millions of customers to the service. In this role you will join a growing team with many opportunities for you to expand your scope and i *** uence. You will use your experience to make smart engineering decisions and own critical areas of a product used by millions of customers. You will get the opportunity to work in multiple areas of the product.
The Daily- Join a growing team with many opportunities for you to expand your skillset
- Grow your ability to design, implement, and own critical features of a product used by millions of customers.
- Design, improve, and protect large-scale systems that drive and power Max.com
- Evaluate multiple technical approaches and drive consensus with peers
- Use data to solve real world problems and improve customer experience
- Collaborate and partner with engineers of all levels
- Work with designers, product managers, and marketers to optimize tooling and performance for Max
- Handle operational issues and troubleshoot bugs independently
- Work in an agile environment, working with peers to review code and deploy world-class features
The Essentials- 4+ years of experience in infrastructure development and support, building scalable services for shipped consumer products or platforms
- Success in designing and building highly available application/systems at scale
- Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write
- A strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and operating systems
- Experience with document storage engines (NoSQL DBs) such as Elasticsearch and MongoDB, as well as SQL DBs such as MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL
- Passion for infrastructure as code, especially using Terraform
- Deep experience with AWS, appreciation for Azure and Google Cloud
- Solid understanding of caching engines such as Redis or Memcached
- Be a quick learner that can leverage surrounding resources to solve problems
- Seek self-improvement and adapt to suggestions and feedback
- Experience with CI/CD systems such as Github Actions, Azure Pipelines, and Jenkins
- Hold yourself and your team to high standards while maintaining respectful relationships
- Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write
- Ability to provide periodic on-call support for critical emergent customer-facing issues
- Full working knowledge of Git version control
- Experience with security software engineering, especially for distributed applications.
- A passion for learning, sharing knowledge, mentoring, and working in a team setting with engineers of varying levels of experience
- Passion for collaboration, and fun is a must!
Nice to Haves- Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science-related discipline
- Experience with a variety of back-end persistence, queuing and networking technologies, especially SMS, SQS, and SNS
- Experience creating automated tests as part of the development lifecycle - passion for test driven development
- Experience with blue/green deployments
- Experience setting up and synchronizing multiple datacenter regions
- CDN experience such as Akamai or Cloudfront
- Familiarity with Node.js
- Ability to write complex SQL queries
- Solid understanding of how the internet works and operates, particularly in client/server transactions with a keen knowledge of HTTP, DNS, REST, etc.
The Perks- Exclusive *** Discovery events and advance screenings
- Paid time off every year to volunteer
- Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
- Access to in-house learning and development resources
- Part of the WBD family of powerhouse brands
*** Discovery is a leading *** and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: *** , Max, *** , Discovery, HGTV, *** , *** , *** , *** , *** , *** , *** , *** , *** *** and others.
*** Discovery and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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 *** Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of *** Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $119,700.00 - $222,300.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, *** Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.