Senior Software Engineer - Android Developer ( Adtech Team), Bangalore

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. ?Play a key role in shaping the feature roadmap for Android devices across the ecosystem Opportunity to participate in internal hackathons that foster innovation, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. ? 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 & experience working with distributed engineering teams is a must. ? 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. If you?re 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.