Software Engineering, Warner Bros Discovery
11 Week Internship, Summer 2025
More information about location
Office located in Chiswick Park Building, London
Entertainment company
Open for applications
Entertainment company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
Office located in Chiswick Park Building, London
1001+ employees
Company mission
To take the world’s greatest possibilities and make them a reality - creating impact, inspiring imagination, and building connections.
Role
Who you are
- In addition to academic qualifications, we are looking for interns who are always curious and have a desire to learn
- You will need to have great attention to detail with a great sense of agility and scope
- We look for engineers who are meticulous about operational and engineering excellence and take pride in understanding and owning features from design, through to code, testing, and production, while building in logging and testing throughout the journey
- Balance is important to us; we work hard, but it is also important to have a good sense of humor and have fun while doing great work!
- Must be currently enrolled as a student (proof of enrollment will be required if selected for an internship)
- Must be graduating between Winter 2025 to Spring 2027
- Currently working towards a Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience professionally delivering online technology
- Willingness to learn about Linux/Unix environment
- Able to read and write software in Python or some other general purpose programming language
- Experience using and creating APIs
- Must have excellent communication skills
What the job involves
- Our engineers are some of the most talented in the industry and are excited to mentor and learn from our interns
- You will have the opportunity to help deliver customer-facing, impactful projects and test your theories on the newest technologies and methodologies, while learning from the seasoned pros
- 1:1 Mentorship: You’ll be assigned a mentor for the duration of the program to ensure you get off to a flying start and continue to meet your development goals throughout
- Tech Speaker Series: You will frequently learn about new technologies and trends and meet and learn from some of the most talented technologists in the industry, both internal and external to Warner Bros. Discovery
- Career Coaching: You will receive tailored career advice and guidance from experienced technologists, and leaders who have been where you are, and will share how they have successfully navigated their careers
- Global Exposure: Most of our teams and products have global impact, meaning often our interns are working on projects that impact multiple markets
- This provides you with unique insight into solving problems at scale, the nuances between markets and how we leverage technology to provide seamless and consistent quality across our customer experience globally
- Global Network: By the end of the program, you will have built a global network of talented Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists and Data Analysts, Product Designers, Marketeers, and business leaders
- You will also have an extensive network for peers with whom you will have built great relationships
- It is a small industry and the network you build and the impression you make during the program will be invaluable throughout your career
- Long-term Career Prospects: While this is a summer internship, we see this as the start of a long-term relationship that can potentially result in a return offer for our Full-time New Grad Program
- Many of our current employees are prior interns and for developers early in their career, Warner Bros. Discovery offers unparalleled opportunities
- From working on unique and exciting projects, to having global impact and gaining international experience, we value and are committed to diversity and inclusivity
- Projects may include building APIs, SVOD streaming applications, commerce integrations, designing products to prioritize security, developing, and improving payment services, and more
- And of course, you will work with our talented team; our engineers are among the best in the industry and are excited to mentor and develop the next generation of tech talent!
- You will get an opportunity to think about scale, resiliency, and how to make your features production ready. We try to expose early career engineers to a wide range of projects, to help them get a sense of where their interests lie
- We then pair them with a range of senior engineers so that they can learn from a mix of experiences
- Previous interns have started making improvements to our production environments within the first two weeks of joining the team. Ultimately, the projects you will work on will depend on your areas of interest
- Currently working towards a Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience professionally delivering online technology
- Willingness to learn about Linux/Unix environment
- Able to read and write software in Python or some other general purpose programming language
- Experience using and creating APIs
- Must have excellent communication skills
Application process
- Applications close on, or before, December 13th. After this date, we cannot guarantee your application will be reviewed for the position
- We do not require a cover letter. Please demonstrate your passion for the position through your resume
- We are interviewing through Fall 2024 on a rolling basis
- A Warner Bros. Discovery Intern Program team member will contact you if your experiences and interests match an open internship position
- Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is an entertainment company formed from the 2022 merger of Warner Bros and Discovery. It is a leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing, and marketing of content, with Warner Bros alone boasting a huge library – more than 100,000 hours of programming – before the companies were joined. WBD’s portfolio includes Discovery Channel, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Discovery+, HBO Max, and franchises like “Batman” and “Harry Potter”.
Both of the company’s previous businesses have operated throughout the digitisation of the media space. David Zaslav, CEO of WBD, headed Discovery during its expansion into digital media, to make it a “content company” over a “cable company”. The recent focus for Warner Bros has been on next-gen distribution efforts, expanding the availability of its content across platforms and devices to reach the modern viewer. The new company has plans to migrate to one tech stack, which will require extensive retooling, as well as exploring cost-saving automation opportunities for its operations.
Since the merger, the new giant that is Warner Bros Discovery has had a shaky start, forcing the company to wind down operations and cut back on content, which included the very public scrapping of the “Batgirl” movie. However, it now seems the company may have been ahead of the curve, as a wider trend of cutbacks has been seen from peers in the space. This early move, combined with a hyper-focus on cash generation, seeks to establish WBD as an outperformer in an industry on the downturn.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Company values
- Act as One Team: Trust each other, succeed together, and growth together
- Create What's Next: Be curious, innovate, and focus on the future
- Empower Storytelling: Put creators, consumers and partners at the center, and share extraordinary stories
- Champion Inclusion: Empower others, have courage, and pursue equity
- Dream It & Own It: Advocate the mission, ove with speed, and drive results
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
David Zaslav
(CEO, not founder)Spent 17 years at NBCUniversal including as President of NBC Cable LLC and NBC Media LLC.
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