Staff Software Engineer
Warner Bros. Discovery•Atlanta, GA
•Hybrid
About The Position
The CNN Growth team is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help design, build, and evolve the core systems and experiences that support audience growth, engagement, and monetization across CNN’s digital platforms. This role is ideal for a senior individual contributor who thrives on solving complex technical problems, leading by example, and partnering closely with engineering managers, product, design, data, and vendors to deliver high impact, consumer facing software at scale.
Requirements
- 8-10 years of professional experience building and maintaining production software systems
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including modern ES6+ patterns, and experience with Node
- Experience designing and developing scalable APIs and web applications
- Solid understanding of system design, performance optimization, and application security
- Experience working with AWS services, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools
- Strong communication skills and ability to clearly explain technical concepts to varied audiences
- Proven ability to deliver high quality software in an agile, fast paced environment
- Experience collaborating closely with cross functional partners
- Passion for building user focused products that deliver measurable impact
Nice To Haves
- Experience bringing products to global markets
- Experience with growth experimentation frameworks or A/B testing
- Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as Svelte, Vue, or React
- Experience integrating identity, authentication, payment, or subscription APIs
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure and automation practices
- Experience contributing to CMS or publishing platforms
- Background in media, streaming, or direct to consumer applications
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain production systems and user facing applications
- Lead technical design and architecture discussions for features and systems
- Write high quality, well tested code and set a strong example for engineering excellence
- Partner with engineering managers on technical strategy, planning, and execution
- Collaborate with product, design, data, and other engineers to translate requirements into scalable solutions
- Evaluate and integrate third party services and vendor platforms
- Identify performance, reliability, and security risks and drive improvements
- Participate actively in code reviews and raise the overall quality bar for the team
- Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance and knowledge sharing
- Help improve developer experience, tooling, and engineering practices
Benefits
- career defining opportunities
- thoughtfully curated benefits
- the tools to explore and grow into your best selves
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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