Senior Staff Software Developer - iOS
Senior Staff Software Developer - iOS
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Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are
When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats 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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Who We Are
When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats 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.
About the Job
We are searching for a Senior Staff iOS Software Engineer to join our Engineering Team. They are an individual contributor self-directed able to work with minimal supervision and is typically expected to take on the most difficult technical challenges. The Senior Staff Engineer will contribute to the technical direction supporting the Principal Engineers/Architects in defining the technology strategy and implementation. They will provide guidance and mentoring to less experienced developers. We need our engineers to be versatile and always eager to tackle new problems while working in a fun collaborative and fast-paced environment.
The iOS Mobile Senior Staff Engineer contributes to mobile tech. strategy architecture best practices and choice of tools and technology stack across iOS app platforms supporting mobile backend APIs mobile CI/CD tools and testing automation. They ensure technical execution and release of CNNs mobile apps to end consumers. They partner with Product Design and Delivery Leaders to help teams deliver on product initiatives and operational execution.
About the Team
This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building mobile apps for News audiences. Our team builds innovative and creative user experiences taking advantage of the latest features and technologies that CNN has to offer.
The Daily
- Architect and build intuitive simple and elegantly designed mobile apps that people want to use
- Provide support and development of software tools and procedures to extend and enhance the core production pipeline
- Evangelizes models and oversees implementation of good software development practices. Work across multiple teams to drive technical solutions and influence decisions and outcomes. Manages dependencies and sets priorities for within their respective function. You play a leadership role in your area using your expertise to influence software design and development in more than one team.
- Work across multiple teams to drive technical solutions and influence decisions and outcomes. Independently defines and drives work to completion to meet relatively well-defined business product or large service needs responsible for integration of services.
- Coach and mentor up to Staff level and provide input to leadership on development needs and growth opportunities for team members. Models an inclusive and supportive engineering culture.
- Ensure software development follows industry best practices policies and guidelines. Specifically ensuring that technical solutions are in line with established CNN Digital strategy standards in respect to architecture security corporate governance coding standards monitoring logging unit test and service enablement
- Creates functional level impact. Work across multiple teams to drive technical solutions and influence decisions and outcomes. Independently defines and drives work to completion to meet relatively well-defined business product or large service needs responsible for integration of services. Considered an expert technical resource within at least one major domain and has detailed working knowledge of all domains relative to a single teams work
The Essentials
- BS/MS in computer science (or equivalent)
- Demonstrated advanced understanding of troubleshooting root-cause analysis application design solution development human factors/usability design and implementation of projects for major business units or the enterprise
- Minimum 8 years professional development environment
- Strong foundation in programming fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms
- Ability to develop new and innovative applications as well as maintaining existing code
- Demonstrated full-mobile stack development experience with mobile native clients SDKs and APIs (Swift/UIKit iOS platforms).
- Demonstrated expert knowledge of software development methodologies practices and architecture specifically experience architecting performant scalable and secure mobile apps.
- Hands-on experience with mobile DevOps CI/CD tools and implementing best practices including automation of deployment code signing tools and automated tests. Preferred familiarity with Git and Bitrise.
- Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbal with technical and non-technical cross-functional teams
- Experience building flexible software architecture to accommodate shifting business needs
The Nice to Haves
- Knowledge of Cloud Computing platforms such as Amazon AWS
- General familiarity with database technologies (SQL/RDBMS NoSQL GraphDB etc.)
- Experience with JavaScript
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 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.If youre a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
