Software Engineer II

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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About the Job

CNN is hiring a Software Developer II to join the Marketing Technology and Messaging team. This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building engaging 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 Software Developer II you will work on a cross-functional team that is focused on building products and capabilities to enhance both the editorial and end user experience on . This is a great opportunity for an engineer 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 role 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-priorityfeatures with thorough testing

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

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

• Seek mentorship from senior engineers and pair to resolve complex technical problemsefficiently

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

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

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

• Solid understanding of common software data structures and algorithms and hands-onfamiliarity with both client and server technology

• Passionate about improving the codebase that you interact with

• Demonstrated success in rapidly learning new technologies languages or frameworks

• Familiarity with a wide range of languages frameworks platforms and/or SDK

• Excellent communicator with your team members and peers

• Excited to positively impact the culture of CNN both from an interpersonal level and from acode improvement standpoint

The Nice to Haves

• Experience developing CMS platforms preferred

• Some python experience preferred

• Experience with

• Experience integrating with Marketing Technology vendors e.g. CDP or user messagingplatforms.

• Knowledge of data pipeline technologies (Snowflake/Snowpipe Kenesis PostgreSQL dbt)

• AB testing and consumer testing platform experience

• Knowledge of Operations CI/CD DevOps with exposure to escalation protocols PagerDutyKubernetes Jenkins CodePipeline etc.

• Experience with alerting mechanisms and tools

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.

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