Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

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This technical role in the Warner Bros. Central Game Technologies team offers an experienced engineer the opportunity to collaborate in the envisioning, designing, and building of a wide variety of enterprise-level game development tools, pipelines, and services. The problem space ranges the gamut of games technology and will require an engineer with an exceptional ability to learn.

Critically, the role also requires an engineer who has passion for helping others achieve and is prepared to drive this through innovation and development to fill needs, such as shared technology or inter-studio communication platforms. Collaboration and co-development with the many WB Games studios will be a routine part of the role, giving exposure to the many tools and technologies developed around WB Games.

Your Role Accountabilities...
• Direct development of technology, systems, and pipelines
• Research and dissemination of knowledge and best practices
• Guiding outsourcers and mentoring of staff
• Meetings and planning

Qualifications & Experience...
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Excellent C/C++ programming skills with excellent debugging abilities
• Recent professional experience with Unreal Engine
• The ability to write efficient and optimized code
• Experience in one or more of animation, physics, rendering, tools architecture, content build pipelines, backend services or other game-centric disciplines
• Experience working with 1st party game platforms (Xbox, PlayStation and Steam) in an engineering capacity
• Experience with Unreal or equivalent game engine in an engineering capacity
• Experience with some or all of Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Jira (or other bug databases), Confluence, Visual Studio, Perforce (or other source control tools)
• Strong desire to build industry-leading technology and help others achieve
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with engineers and content creators to develop robust, maintainable, cutting-edge technology
• Ability to openly discuss and review technical proposals, requirements, designs, algorithms, source code, and reference documents with engineers, content creators and managers
• Creative, focused, results-oriented, self-motivated, resourceful problem-solver
• A passion for gaming
• College degree in software engineering, architecture, or computer science preferred
• Experience writing multithreaded code preferred

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Warner Bros. 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.

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 Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $95,550.00 - $177,450.00 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.

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