Description:
Warner Bros Discovery seeks a Staff Software Developer for CNN’s Breaking News team. CNN is the world’s most essential and engaging source of video and digital news, and we’re embarking on a crucial mission to invent the next generation news and information experiences online. You’ll be joining an empowered cross-functional team building the trusted new digital products, platforms, and formats that put CNN’s talent, expertise, and content programming — and the directions it goes next — directly in the hands of consumers. The Internet is changing the news and information landscape, and we have an ambitious product roadmap grounded in journalism and facts. Our team has a unique ability to marry content, design, product, and technology to spark connection, fulfill utility, and build community.
The Daily
- Help drive the architecture and implementation of our consumer experiences from a front-end perspective with some full-stack needs (roughly 80/20).
- Proficient in modern javascript frameworks like React, Svelte and able to advance the skills, capabilities, and craft of the team
- Effectively communicate complicated software concepts and business value in a way your target audience will understand
- Lead code & architecture reviews and champion best practices for the organization by defining and evolving engineering standards
- Work primarily in modern Javascript and Typescript using AWS services
- Code! Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write
- Experience with devops, contributing to CI/CD pipelines, and able to get products into production
- 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
- Participate in collaborative discussions with the product design and development team to select approaches and implementation details with an eye toward resiliency, agility, and simplicity.
The Essentials
- You are a strong team player with proven ability to work cross-functionally with humility and a sense of humor
- Demonstrated ability to partner with multiple internal and external stakeholders to deliver your product
- Ability to work in a dynamic and nimble environment which can pivot very quickly to reflect the changing needs of the company
- Outstanding organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong work ethic, integrity and collaborative approach to work
- Ability to think strategically and to translate ideas into actions
- Significant industry experience with modern development technologies. Have a solid understanding of common software data structures and algorithms
- A passion to grow professionally and continue developing along an individual contributor path
What will set you apart from the crowd:
- Experience with server sent events or other real time data mechanisms
- Significant experience building components for complex CMS environments
- Active in the technology community