Senior Software Developer

Description:

CNN is hiring a Senior Software Developer to join the Messaging and Newsletters team. This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building digital products that balance company goals and a great user experience. CNN is building new digital products, such as direct-to-consumer subscription products, new features and capabilities to support a premium news experience and engage our audiences, and new technologies to help us meet our global audiences where they are. If this sounds interesting to you and you would like new challenges, come join us!

About the Team

As a Senior Software Developer, you will work on a cross-functional team that is focused on building products and capabilities to enhance the experience on CNN.com. This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building tools to communicate with News audiences at the right place and right time. The team focuses on leveraging the latest technology to empower storytelling that reaches users across a diverse set of platforms. The team is comprised of Technical, Design and Product leads and a team of engineers that support each other through the planning, development, review, and deployment processes. You will play a crucial part on the team as you will be responsible for feature development, quality code, peer reviews, and operational support.

The Daily

• Full stack development with JavaScript, HTML, CSS incorporating semantic code, accessibility and responsive design methodologies

• Responsible for owning, implementing, developing, and maintaining complete high-priority features with thorough testing

• Work with a cross functional team in an agile environment, and contributing to Scrum, Planning, Retros, and Demos

• Support others on your team through code reviews, pairing, desk checks, and collaboration

The Essentials

• Understand engineering best practices, design patterns, reviews, testing and alerting

• Work primarily in modern JavaScript, maintaining and developing components

• Proficient on the command line in concert with Git, Docker, and AWS

• Unit testing experience using frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine, and Mocha

• Experience with AWS; infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform), monitoring tools (CloudWatch, CloudTrail), and CI/CD tools (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy).

• 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

• Passionate about improving the code you touch and interact with.

• Demonstrated success in rapidly learning new technologies, languages, or frameworks.

• Familiarity with a wide range of languages, frameworks, platforms, and/or SDKs.

• Excellent communicator with your team members and peers.

• Excited to add positively to the culture of CNN, both from an interpersonal level and from a code improvement standpoint.