Senior Software Engineer - job 1 of 2

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Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

We are the now and the next. The power behind the people building the future. We are born from the spirit of innovation. We are created from the idea that people around the world want more, need more, deserve more. We are the home of the global digital revolution. We are CNN.

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About the Team

You will be joining the CNN growth team, which builds engaging experiences to create a direct relationship with our users. We work closely with product managers, data scientists, and product analysts to explore growth opportunities, generate hypotheses, and test features.

Our tech stack consists of JavaScript, Node, Python, Svelte, Sass, and AWS services. Your ability to be flexible and traverse the full stack will be an asset to us as we evaluate the tradeoffs inherent in software engineering and experimentation. We have fun with this everyday: balancing what our users are asking for, what our users actually do, our current technical strengths, and what new technologies are emerging and where we want to grow as a team. We hold the ability to choose (or invent) the right tool for the job in high regard and consider it a critical part of our success. 

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer on CNN's Growth Team, you will make significant contributions creating features for registered users on one of the world's leading news and media platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create secure, exciting, and performant experiences for users. We are looking for individuals who understand the importance of engineering in product discovery and execution, works harmoniously within a team, and is eager to learn and grow. The team is exploring new direct-to-consumer subscription products for CNN and building features and capabilities to grow our registered user audience. You will work closely with our partners in product, design, analytics and marketing to develop and test products and user experiences that drive customer acquisition and engagement throughout the user journey. The growth of CNN’s digital business is a core element of WBD’s long-term strategy, and you will be part of the team that is driving this digital revenue growth

 

Expectations 

• Work primarily in modern JavaScript, maintaining and developing components
• Optimize code for performance and scalability
• Contribute to the code & architecture reviews and champion best practices for the organization by defining and evolving engineering standards
• Strong inter-team and cross-team communication
• Follow a progressive development methodology, moving from proofs of concept to prototypes to production releases
• Work closely with designers to implement user interfaces that are both functional and visually appealing.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and responsiveness of the application.
• Develop and maintain server-side logic using relevant back-end technologies.
• Integrate front-end elements with server-side logic seamlessly.
• Design and implement APIs for data exchange between client and server.
• Experience integrating 3rd party libraries
• Security first mindset
• Passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership
• Working in Agile methodologies for organized and distributed work within the team

Extra credit:

• Experience developing CMS platforms preferred
• Experience using handlebars.js for templating and view logic where applicable.
• Experience in setting up, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using AWS tools and services.
• Some python experience preferred
• Experience with vue.js
• Experience integrating authorization and payment APIs within the application layer
• Experience A/B testing

Skills / Experience 

• 5+ years of experience working with other developers on a production system
• 5+ years of experience with JavaScript, including ES6/7 and asynchronous JavaScript.
• Experience with performance monitoring and analytics tools like Datadog, New Relic, or similar.
• Ability to review group or company level priorities (such as OKRs) breaking down problems into meaningful tasks and solutions working with peers within the team cross-functionally across the organization.
• 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
• You understand the constraints of working with a growing team and thrive in an environment that is fast paced.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. 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.

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