Director, Software Engineering NodeJSGraphQL Sports Tech Team, Bangalore
Director, Software Engineering NodeJSGraphQL Sports Tech Team, Bangalore
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Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are
When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats 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.
Director Software Engineering Sports Tech Team Bangalore
About Warner Bros. Discovery:
Warner Bros. Discovery a premier global media and entertainment company offers audiences the worlds 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 Discoverys leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.
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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:
Lead mentor and manage a team of engineering managers and their teams fostering a high-performance inclusive and collaborative engineering culture.
Set the vision for Sports Tech APIs and Microservices defining the teams contribution at a platform/vertical level.
Own and drive key initiatives supporting the developer workflow and delivery of significant software and process changes.
Provide technical guidance and ensure architectural and code quality standards across multiple teams.
Contribute to and drive the technical vision and architecture for the platform ensuring scalability reliability and efficiency.
Monitor review and coach manager and developer performance; conduct regular performance appraisals and provide growth opportunities.
Own the hiring onboarding and development of managers and engineers ensuring a diverse and high-performing team.
Foster collaboration with cross-functional partners and other engineering teams to drive alignment on technical and product roadmaps.
Champion an inclusive and supportive engineering culture promoting diversity and continuous learning.
Influence strategic planning and decision-making across multiple teams and broader functional areas.
What to Bring:
15 years of professional experience in software development with at least 5 years in direct management of managers and large engineering teams (typically 25 FTEs) preferably in a platform or API environment.
Demonstrated success overseeing delivery of significant software and process changes through teams of managers and ICs.
Strong technical background in backend development ( GraphQL AWS PostgreSQL Redis etc.) and modern development practices (TDD CI/CD Infrastructure as Code).
Experience driving architectural and code quality standards technical vision and platform scalability.
Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence and align cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Track record of mentoring managers and technical leaders fostering growth and high performance.
Ability to work independently on complex issues define and implement solutions and drive continuous improvement.
Commitment to building an inclusive diverse and supportive engineering culture.
Proven experience operating at a senior level in a continuous delivery organization using Agile methodologies and tools (e.g. Jira).
Advanced understanding of troubleshooting root-cause analysis application design solution development and implementation for major business units or enterprise platforms.
Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture and designs.
Strong strategic thinking problem-solving and data-driven decision-making skills with keen attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with large-scale distributed systems federated APIs and cloud-native architectures.
Familiarity with technologies such as Terraform Kafka DynamoDB Elixir Rust
Prior experience in sports technology or media platforms is a plus.
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
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 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.If youre a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
