Senior Software Developer

The Dalton team builds and operates backend services that power subscriptions, commerce, and partner integrations across our streaming platforms. These systems are mission‑critical, high‑volume, and event‑driven, operating at scale across AWS. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend focus to design, deliver, and support Java‑based, cloud‑native services.

Role Accountabilities

• Design, build, and maintain Java backend services using Spring Boot
• Own delivery of complex backend features, from design through production support
• Build and evolve event‑driven and asynchronous systems using AWS messaging services
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs, service integrations, and internal platform capabilities
• Leverage Amazon SNS, SQS, and DynamoDB to build resilient, scalable distributed systems
• Deploy and support backend services across multiple AWS regions, ensuring availability, resiliency, and fault tolerance
• Participate in architectural discussions and influence technical decisions within the team
• Review code regularly, setting expectations for quality, maintainability, testing, and correctness
• Mentor Dev 2 and junior engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and pairing
• Participate in on‑call rotations and lead investigation and resolution of production incidents
• Identify and reduce technical debt while improving system performance, reliability, and operability
• Document designs, decisions, and operational considerations to improve team clarity and velocity

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional experience developing backend applications in Java
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience building and operating services using Spring Boot (or similar Java frameworks)
• Experience designing and operating service‑oriented or microservice architectures in production
• Strong working knowledge of SQL databases, including data modeling, query optimization, indexing, and transactional behavior
• Proven ability to independently deliver complex backend features through design, implementation, and production support
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and backend engineering best practices
• Experience working in agile, collaborative engineering teams
• Hands‑on AWS experience, including:
• Amazon SNS (event publishing and fan‑out) – preferred
• Amazon SQS (queue‑based and asynchronous workflows) – preferred
• Amazon DynamoDB (NoSQL data modeling and access patterns) – preferred
• Experience deploying, operating, and supporting applications across multiple AWS regions – preferred
• Experience operating Spring Boot services in AWS production environments – preferred
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud‑native deployment practices – preferred
• Experience supporting production services through on‑call rotations – preferred
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting for distributed backend systems – preferred

Compensation and Benefits

Pay Range: $109,700.00 - $159,700.00 salary per year.

Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short‑ and long‑term incentives, and program‑specific awards.

In addition, Warner Bros. 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.

This position is open for an existing position vacancy.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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, 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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