Software Developer II

Warner Bros. Discovery•Ottawa, ON

17h•$100,000 - $134,500

About The Position

CNN is the world’s most essential and engaging source of digital news, and we’re continually transforming how our newsroom creates and delivers content. Our Content Platform team builds the editorial tools that power CNN’s storytelling. We deliver modern, intuitive, intelligent CMS experiences used across every publishing workflow, with a strong focus on the Editorial Experience. We’re building upon a mature, data-driven, SaaS-oriented platform that powers CNN’s editorial workflows every day. We continue to expand its capabilities, improve usability, and strengthen the systems that support content creation and publishing. This role focuses on complex UI challenges, scalable systems, and the evolution of tools that directly impact global journalism. You’ll help shape a platform relied on throughout a fast-paced newsroom.

Requirements

3+ years working on production systems with other engineers.
3+ years with JavaScript, including ES6+ features and asynchronous patterns.
Experience with at least one modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.) in production.
Strong understanding of HTTP: methods, status codes, headers, fetch/XHR, common debugging patterns such as CORS and request failures.
Git proficiency: rebasing, merging, branching, and code review workflows.
Experience with Node.js tooling, such as: Web frameworks (e.g., Hapi), Bundlers (Webpack), Transpilers (TypeScript), Unit testing (Jest), CSS tooling (PostCSS), Authentication (Passport.js).
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
Experience writing automated tests: unit, integration, or end-to-end.

Nice To Haves

Agile delivery experience: You’ve worked in iterative development cycles, contributed to sprint planning, and collaborated closely with product and design partners.
CMS or editorial tooling experience: Familiarity with newsroom workflows, content modeling, or publishing systems.
Cloud experience: Exposure to AWS or similar cloud platforms.
Design system familiarity: Experience contributing to or consuming component libraries.
Performance and accessibility: Understanding of WCAG, Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals, or similar metrics.
DevOps awareness: CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, or deployment workflows.

Responsibilities

You’re fluent in modern JavaScript. DOM traversal feels natural, and Node.js + NPM are core parts of your workflow.
You write semantic HTML5, maintain clean and scalable CSS3, and can implement complex responsive layouts without relying on heavy frameworks.
You understand what makes pages fast. You know caching strategies, bundling tradeoffs, and how to design for scalability.
You’ve worked with relational and/or NoSQL databases and understand when each is appropriate.
You write code that others can easily understand, extend, test, and debug.
You know when a framework accelerates development, when it introduces friction, and when plain JavaScript is the better tool.
You are comfortable talking about code, advocating for best practices, and facilitating inclusive and democratic technical discussions.