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About the Role
The CNN Growth team is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve core systems and experiences for audience growth, engagement, and monetization across CNN’s digital platforms. This role is for a senior individual contributor focused on solving complex technical problems, leading by example, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact software at scale.
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.
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.
Skills
- JavaScript
- Node
- Python
- Svelte
- Sass
- AWS services
- CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as code
- Observability tools
- Growth experimentation frameworks
- A/B testing
- Modern frontend frameworks (Svelte, Vue, or React)
- Identity, authentication, payment, or subscription APIs
- Cloud infrastructure
- Automation practices
- CMS
- Publishing platforms
- Media
- Streaming
- Direct to consumer applications
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Thoughtfully curated benefits
About the Company
- Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is a global media and entertainment company with a vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands.
- WBD offers career-defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow.
- WBD is the home of the global digital revolution.
- CNN Growth team is a newly forming team focused on audience growth, engagement, and monetization.
Equal Opportunity
- Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences.
- As an equal opportunity employer, WBD considers qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
- Qualified candidates with a disability who require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process can visit the accessibility page for instructions.