Senior Software Developer - XP
About The Position
As a Senior Software Developer, you will work across the stack to develop fast, secure, and scalable applications at the center of CNN’s affiliate distribution ecosystem. You will collaborate closely with designers, product partners, editorial teams, and engineering peers to deliver features that support daily journalism and global content operations. The Daily You will develop platform features in Node.js, build user-facing interfaces in React or Vue.js, and design backend services deployed on AWS. You will contribute to architecture reviews, write maintainable code, and help integrate with internal content platforms, authentication systems, and media pipelines. Your work will span prototyping, production implementation, performance tuning, and ongoing platform improvements. You will support CI/CD workflows, participate in incident response when necessary, and work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure the platform remains fast, reliable, and easy to use for partner newsrooms.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong experience with Node.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
- Experience building applications with React or Vue.js
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, CloudFront, API Gateway)
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and modern engineering practices
- Experience with Postgres and caching technologies such as Redis or DynamoDB
- Ability to break down complex initiatives into well-defined engineering work
- Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
- Regular use of AI development tools (Cursor, Codex, Claude, etc.) to improve velocity and code quality
- Commitment to code quality, testing, performance, and reliability
Nice To Haves
- Experience building newsroom tools, CMS systems, or media workflows
- Familiarity with CDNs or edge compute platforms
- Experience with content ingestion, video workflows, or internal publishing systems
- Experience with A/B testing, analytics, or experimentation tooling
- Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Contributions to open-source or internal developer tooling
- Experience mentoring, onboarding, or supporting other engineers
Responsibilities
- Develop platform features in Node.js
- Build user-facing interfaces in React or Vue.js
- Design backend services deployed on AWS
- Contribute to architecture reviews
- Write maintainable code
- Help integrate with internal content platforms, authentication systems, and media pipelines
- Prototyping, production implementation, performance tuning, and ongoing platform improvements
- Support CI/CD workflows
- Participate in incident response when necessary
- Work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure the platform remains fast, reliable, and easy to use for partner newsrooms
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- an employee wellness program
- life and disability insurance
- a retirement savings plan
- paid holidays and sick time and vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
