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Discovery Direct-to-Consumer is the technology arm of Discovery Inc. We work at the intersection of technology, entertainment, and everyday utility, continuously leveraging technology to create immersive viewing and interactive experiences. We are building a global streaming video platform (OTT) and a suite of applications to support all our global brands. These include Discovery+, Food Network Kitchen, GolfTV, MotorTrend on Demand, Eurosport Player, and many more. We are building modern container-based micro-services operated on AWS. Our platform covers everything from search, catalogue, video transcoding, personalization, to global subscriptions, and much more. We build user experiences ranging from traditional video streaming, to highly interactive and immersive applications. We build across connected TV, web, mobile and consoles and are fast, nimble and have fun building world-class products for our iconic brands. This is a growing, global engineering group crucial to Discovery's future. Why Join the Discovery Team? Discovery's Direct-to- Consumer team offers a truly unique experience. As a New Graduate Software Engineer, you'll make an almost immediate impact, helping to create world class global streaming products and the platform that powers them. You'll be able to build features that help to refine the modern viewing experience for millions. We're a global team, but with many of the benefits of working in a start-up environment, building from the ground up. We encourage our engineers to take educated risks, we celebrate mistakes, and we learn from them as a team. You'll also work with and learn from highly talented engineers, using cutting-edge technology to deliver immense value for passionate superfans around the world. We have a genuinely open culture and expect great ideas to come from everyone and look forward to the fresh perspective and new ideas our graduates bring! Key Features of the Program: Project Assignments: Individuals joining the program will gain experience building world-class, innovative consumer facing products and features, for globally recognized entertainment brands, consumed by millions of superfans across the globe, using the news technologies and methodologies. Onboarding and Bootcamp: Our bootcamp is designed to accelerate impact, by immersing our graduates in all things Discovery Direct-to-Consumer. It's an opportunity to establish your network and lay a foundation that allows you to confidently dive into the complex challenges you'll be solving everyday. Mentorship Program: You'll be aligned with a mentor who will act as a guide and informally help you navigate your first year as a Software Engineer, grow your network, and gain exposure to areas of interest outside of your day-to-day. Career Coaching: During your first months here, you'll receive tailored career advice and guidance from experienced engineers, and leaders who have been where you are, and will share useful tips and insights into how they have successfully navigated their careers. Global Network and Opportunities: Our engineers work across different regions, countries, and cultures to create a seamless experience for our customers regardless of geography. This program will provide organic and structured opportunities to build effective and meaningful relationships with fellow engineers from across the globe. Accelerated Growth: We've brought together a team of the industry's best to re-imagine the viewing experience and build phenomenal products and experiences from the ground up. As the newest members of the team, you'll experience continuous growth and development and ultimately have the opportunity to determine and pursue the type of work that excites and challenges you. Compensation: Competitive base salary, incentive bonus, and comprehensive benefits package. What you need to know about the DTC New Graduate Software Engineering Program Application Process: Our Program starts on July 25th, 2022. This is a full-time, salaried role. The application deadline is January 1, 2022. 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 early 2022. A Discovery DTC Tech Recruiter will contact you if your experiences and interest match an open Software Developer Engineering position. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates. Responsibilities What You Will Do: Create world-class global streaming products and the platform that powers them. Develop your area of expertise on the features and services you help build along with a group of talented engineers. Take end to end ownership of product features and own the technical and operational excellence of these products. Contribute to the product and services development process; Design and test your own hypothesis by collecting and measuring data. Qualifications In addition to academic qualifications, we look for proactive problem solvers, motivated to learn and able to collaborate and exchange ideas and most importantly be a team player. Degree in Computer Science or related field. Software development experience coding in a general-purpose programming language. Prior Intern experience as a developer in a consumer-focused company. Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. Effective communication skills in both verbal and written communication. Experience developing in at least one of the following languages (Java, C/C++, Python, GoLang, Swift or Javascript). Desire to work on a diverse team. Knowledge of distributed systems, mobile and OTT client apps, video streaming, codecs, video delivery and broadcast workflows is a big plus. Must be on track to receive a 2:1 or above. Must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.

Overview We are looking for top Engineering talent, whose deep technical expertise and problem- solving skills are matched only by their passion for design and user experience. Our team builds the user experiences for OTT applications on Connected Devices such as Samsung, Android TV, Xbox and Play Station. If you delight in delivering high quality, fast, and efficient Connected device applications to millions of customers, then this is the role for you. As television and media habits change, our mission remains true to the principles that founded Discovery - every day we seek to ignite people's curiosity to engage, entertain and enlighten the world around them through amazing viewing experiences. The Direct 2 Consumer Group is a technology company within the Discovery brand. We are building a global streaming video platform (OTT), and a suite of applications to support all of our network's brands globally. We are building modern container-based micro-services operated on AWS. Our platform covers everything from search, catalogue, video transcoding, personalization, to global subscriptions, and much more. We build user experiences ranging from classic lean-back viewing to interactive learning applications. We build for connected TVs, web, mobile phones, tablets, and consoles for a large footprint of Discovery-owned networks including Discovery, Food Network, Golf TV, MotorTrend, Eurosport and Discovery Plus. This growing, global engineering group crucial to Discovery's future. Responsibilities We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our team in London. As the Software Development Engineer II (Connected), you will be developing new solutions, rich customer interactions, and develop shared libraries that allow for re-use. The successful candidate will have a track record of delivering high quality software that can be used as a base for the development of multiple consumer products. You will have a good understanding of Software architecture and modular design patterns. Very good knowledge of Unit and behavioural test approaches will also be essential. Qualifications Must haves High proficiency with technologies on our stack including JS You make high impact decisions driving how and what software gets built. Your decisions are often right, and you are persuasive in delivering your suggestions and ideas to your team You provide guidance on design, coding, and operational best practices, and have a track-record of applying these best practices to software that you have worked on. You can propose and create best practices proactively where none exist. You mentor junior engineers, overseeing their designs, code quality, and integration into a team. Your success is judged as much on your own productivity as on the positive impact you have on engineers around you. Nice to haves: You have a proven track record of Connected application development and are able to design applications for resource constraint devices. Experience in TV and games console development environments.

About the organization: Discovery Direct-to-Consumer is the technology arm of Discovery Inc. We work at the crossroads of technology, entertainment, and everyday utility, continuously leveraging technology to create immersive viewing and interactive experiences. We are building a global streaming video platform and a suite of applications to support all our global Discovery owned brands. These include Discovery+, Food Network Kitchen, Magnolia, GolfTV, MotorTrend on Demand, Eurosport Player, and many more. We build experiences ranging from traditional video streaming, to highly interactive and immersive applications. We build across connected TV, web, mobile and consoles, and are fast, nimble and have fun building world-class products for our iconic brands. About the team: You'll join the Discovery DTC Engineering team - we build applications across both frontend platforms and backend services while always maintaining a commitment to operational excellence. Our responsibilities include building world-class apps for our fans and subscribers, building the piping that gets the content to the customer experience, creating and enhancing a suite of applications that power our largest websites, providing the full stack experience for our customers, and more. In terms of languages, we speak a little bit of everything - Swift 5/Swift UI, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, Javascript, Ruby, Vue.js, React, Brightscript, GraphQL on AWS container-based and serverless stacks. We try to expose early career engineers to a wide range of projects, to help them get a sense for where their interests lie. We then pair them with a range of senior engineers so that they can learn from a mix of experiences. Attributes we look for in all our hires across the team are ownership and leadership. Proactively taking ownership, having a bias for action, curious and always asking why. Why Intern at Discovery: In addition to building great products and creating some of the best content in the world, we've built a great team and culture! Our program offers unique experiences, with tremendous opportunities for growth. Everyone is passionate about the work we do, and it's energizing to work on something you authentically care about. Our engineers are some of the most talented in the industry and are excited to mentor and learn from our interns. You'll 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. Key Features of the Program: 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'll 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 Discovery. Career Coaching: You'll receive tailored career advice and guidance from experienced data experts, 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'll have built a global network of talented Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists and Analysts, Product Designer, Marketeers and business leaders. You'll also have an extensive network for peers with whom you will have built great relationships! It's 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. Many of our current employees are prior interns and for developers early in their career Discovery DTC offers unparalleled opportunities. From working on unique and exciting projects, to having global impact and gaining international experience. We've also built a fantastic culture that is truly diverse and inclusive, reflected in creativity and innovation across our products and features. And of course, you'll 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! What you need to know about the DTC Summer 2022 Program Application Process: Our Summer 2022 internship program is 12 weeks long, commencing July 4- September 23. Our internships are paid opportunities. Credit is not required; however, we will provide documentation if necessary. The application deadline is January 1, 2022. 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 early 2022. A Discovery Intern 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. Responsibilities About the projects you may work on: Projects may include building APIs, SVOD streaming applications, commerce integrations, designing products to prioritize security, developing and improving payment services, and more. You'll 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 for 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'll work on will depend on your areas of interest. Qualifications In addition to academic qualifications, we're looking for interns who are always curious and have a desire to learn. You'll need to have great attention to detail, but 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 think it's also important to have a good sense of humor and have fun while doing great work! * Must currently be enrolled as a student (proof of enrollment will be required if selected for an internship). * Must be second year or higher. * Need to be on track to receive a 2:1 or above. * Must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.