Staff Software Developer, iOS Connected TV

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Your New Role...

As the Staff Software Developer you will provide technical leadership for the development team. You are an individual contributor self-directed able to work with minimal supervision and is typically expected to take on the most difficult technical challenges. You will lead the technical direction supporting the Principal Engineers and Architects in defining the technology strategy and implementation. You will also provide guidance and mentoring to less experienced Developers. We need our Developers to be versatile and always eager to tackle new problems while working in a fun collaborative and fast-paced environment.

The Staff Software Developer for the CNN tvOS team drives mobile tech strategy architecture best practices and choice of tools and technology stack across iOS / tvOS app platforms supporting mobile backend APIs mobile CI/CD tools and testing automation. You ensure technical execution and release of CNNs mobile apps to end consumers. You also partner with Product Design and Delivery Leaders to help teams deliver on product initiatives and operational execution.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• 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.

• Work with multiple departments including Product Design Delivery Editorial and Engineering to implement CNN Digital consumer experience solutions and apps.

• Assist with troubleshooting production problems root cause analysis and debugging.

• Development and maintenance of existing production systems supporting CNNs digital ecosystem.

• Mentor more junior developers.

• 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.

Qualifications and Experience...

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent discipline.

• 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.

• At least 10 years of experience within a 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 (mobile native client and SDK build CI/CD and APIs) e.g. Swift Swift UI etc.

• Demonstrated expert knowledge of software development methodologies practice and architecture specifically experience architecting performant scalable secure and cost optimized cloud solutions on AWS. AWS Professional Certification preferred but not required.

• Hands-on experience with mobile DevOps CI/CD tools and implementing best practices including automation of code signing tools and automated tests. Preferred familiarity with Jenkins Git Maven/Gradle Swift Package Manager/CocoaPods Terraform and Appium.

• General familiarity with database technologies (SQL/RDBMS NoSQL GraphDB etc.).

• 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.

• Knowledge of Cloud Computing platforms like Amazon AWS OpenStack OpenShift.

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