Staff Software Engineer – Localization

Warner Bros. Discovery

Staff Software Engineer designing scalable systems for localization and translation workflows at Warner Bros. Discovery.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeBangalore • 🇮🇳 IndiaLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerDynamoDBElasticSearchGRPCJavaJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsPostgresPrometheusPythonReactRedisTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build complex, high-performance backend and frontend systems that power global localization and translation workflows across multiple WBD streaming products including HBO Max, Discovery+, CNN and more.
Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for key services and components in the Global Localization platform, defining patterns for microservices, API design, eventing and deployment strategies.
Act as a subject matter expert on cloud-native systems, distributed architectures and localization infrastructure; guide the team on when to build new solutions vs. extend existing ones.
Lead technical initiatives that span across teams and systems; collaborate with engineering managers, product managers and architects to align platform strategy with business goals.
Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows to ensure fast, reliable delivery across environments.
Implement and evolve comprehensive monitoring, alerting and observability strategies using Prometheus, CloudWatch, Kibana and similar tools.
Write and review clean, maintainable and efficient code across backend (Java, Node.js) and frontend (React, TypeScript) systems; drive engineering excellence through code quality, performance and scalability.
Serve as a mentor and technical coach for senior and mid-level engineers, promoting a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Troubleshoot complex production issues by analyzing logs, metrics, stack traces and system behavior; lead root cause investigations and systemic improvements.
Contribute to long-term platform evolution through modernization efforts including modularization, internationalization tooling and decoupling of legacy systems.
Promote engineering best practices around testing (unit, integration, E2E), documentation, architectural decision records and peer reviews.

Requirements

What you’ll need

9-13 years of hands-on experience in software development, including leading architecture and design for distributed systems in production environments.
Deep proficiency in backend technologies (Node.js, Python, Java) and frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript); ability to operate across the full stack when needed.
Strong experience with AWS services including Serverless, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, Step Functions, CloudWatch, API Gateway and EventBridge.
Expertise in building and deploying microservices using Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines; infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform or CloudFormation is a strong plus.
Practical experience with datastores such as RDS/PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis and Elasticsearch and vectorization for fulltext search.
Proven success operating production systems with a “you build it, you run it” mindset; strong skills in logging, alerting and monitoring strategies.
Experience working in or building event-driven architectures and familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka/MKS) and low-latency communication protocols (gRPC).
Deep understanding of API lifecycle management, versioning and service governance across large distributed environments.
Prior experience working with localization workflows, ICU standard, TMS integration and content internationalization is a strong advantage.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers at various levels, influence architectural direction and contribute to cross-team initiatives.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to document and present technical solutions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Passion for quality, scalability and operational excellence.
Track record of improving systems through proactive refactoring, automation and simplification.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fast track growth opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaNode.jsPythonReactTypeScriptAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CD

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinginfluencingknowledge sharingcontinuous improvementarchitectural directionproactive refactoring