JavaScript Job: Staff Software Engineer

Company Overview

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We’re home to the world’s best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

Staff Software Engineer – DNPS

Our Story

We are CNN. THE WORLD'S MOST ESSENTIAL AND ENGAGING SOURCE OF DIGITAL NEWS. We are in the midst of rapid transformation and need you to help us find the next generation of innovators, makers, and dreamers who will lead and drive our growth. We aim to make the world a better, more connected place. Join us!

The Job

CNN is building its next generation CMS platform that is built from the ground up to be cloud native.

The project spans the breadth of engineering disciplines from tuning globally available databases to immersive front-end user experiences.

The CMS will be used to power all of CNN's journalism around the world as well as all a hub for new products.

We are looking for engineers who are comfortable across the stack and interested in solving unique and challenging problems.

The Daily

• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of frontend systems with a focus on performance.
• Contribute to the code & architecture reviews and champion best practices for the organization by defining and evolving engineering standards
• Work primarily in modern Javascript using AWS services, Postgres, Elasticsearch, and Redis and mentor peers in those languages and tools
• Stay abreast with industry trends and announcements. Understand how changes can impact our business and raise concerns and/or propose solutions to mitigate
• Code! Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write
• Fail up, learn from research and experiments and ultimately choose the best solution to succeed the company objectives
• Follow a progressive development methodology, moving from proofs of concept to prototypes to production releases

The Essentials

• BS degree in Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience
• Proven record of driving initiatives which involve changes in the engineering culture through evangelism and structured processes
• Ability to review company goals and lead towards success, through discussion with engineering peers, proposals, and ultimately breaking down the solution into meaningful tasks to execute or delegate to the team
• Deep industry experience with modern development technologies, and hands-on familiarity with both client and server technology. Have a solid understanding of common software data structures and algorithms
• A passion to grow professionally and continue developing along an individual contributor path

The Nice to Haves

• Experience working on Kanban/Scrum teams and the tools used for project management
• Active in open source community
• Experience with interviewing and talent acquisition

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider 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.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at [email protected].