Director Software Engineering - Backend (Consumer Team),Hyderabad
Core
Lead the Partner Integrations Platform organization to connect Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and TV products with global distribution partners, handling authentication, authorization, identity federation, and entitlement resolution.
Role type
Director of Engineering (Backend/Platform)
Builds
Partner authentication, identity and entitlement services, partner-initiated commerce, and onboarding/onboarding certification paths for streaming and TV Everywhere products.
Domain
Media & Entertainment / Distributed Systems / Identity & Access Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, API and integration architecture, Identity and access management, Cloud platforms, Engineering operations, Workforce planning, Technical roadmap strategy, Operational readiness, CI/CD automation
Preferred skills
AI-assisted engineering, Self-service tooling design, Cross-organization dependency resolution
Technologies
Cloud platforms, CI/CD tools, Monitoring/Alerting systems
Responsibilities
Lead engineering managers and teams owning partner authentication and entitlement services; Own the technical roadmap for partner integration capabilities; Establish operational readiness and practices for services on the critical path of subscriber sign-in; Reduce engineering involvement in routine partner work through self-service tooling and APIs.
Seniority
Director, manages managers and senior technical staff
