Job Description

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.

Senior Software Engineer - Android Developer ( Adtech 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.


For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.

Meet Our Team:

The Ad Tech group works on building state-of-the-art Ad technology platforms and services that power the Discovery + and other digital services offered by Warner Bros. Discovery globally.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Build product features in close collaboration with product and business

mandates

Contribute to the feature roadmap of the Android ecosystem of devices Advocate best practices for App development and also lay down best

coding practices

Work with internal and external stakeholders in developing and

designing the app.

Initiate, lead and execute work on proof of concepts and help identify

the ways to scale/integrate them in the app

Own all aspects of the product development from concept, and drive it

through development, testing, acceptance, adoption and iterative

changes

Carry out engineering development with a strong focus on error

handling, performance monitoring and metrics across the app. Some of
the key metrics are Performance Uptime, Re-Buffering rates, Time

Spent on the app, App Store Rating among other measures of product

stability and excellence.

What to Bring:

5 - 8 years of experience in developing native Android applications in Kotlin

Hands-on experience in building native mobile applications and mobility
solutions

Sound understanding of Android Architecture, Framework, Android SDK,
Core Java, Android Studio IDE, Android Debugger, Android Open Source

Keen eye towards optimising the application for performance
improvements, like enhanced memory management

Good understanding of the basic components of Android: Activity, Services,
Intent, Broadcast Receiver, Content Provider, UI components & controls.

Familiar with Web Service Integration (REST, JSON) and REST concepts Experience in DevOps/SRE practices such as CI/CD, performance monitoring

& incident management

Strong computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, algorithm
design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.

Self-confident self-starter - proactive in setting and meeting goals, with
limited supervision

Good verbal & written communication skills

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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