Senior Staff Software Engineer

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

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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Come join our team!

 

The CNN New Business Engineering team is building a new portfolio of standalone consumer lifestyle products across mobile and  

web

. Our mission is to create innovative, non-

news

  experiences that enrich our users' lives, deepen daily engagement with CNN, and drive the long-term growth of our direct-to-consumer business.

 

We are looking for a seasoned technical leader with deep  

expertise

  in Web software and system architecture design, combined with hands-on software development experience. This role spans customer-facing web applications, shared backend services, and our content management platform, enabling experiences that power both web and mobile products. As a senior technical leader, you will partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design, Editorial, and other teams across CNN to define architecture, drive technical strategy, lead rapid prototyping, contribute to hands-on software development, and guide the delivery of scalable, high-quality software across multiple products.

 

This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation of CNN's next generation of consumer product portfolio from the ground up.  

You'll

  influence architecture across multiple engineering teams, build reusable platform capabilities, leverage AI to accelerate innovation, and help deliver engaging experiences to millions of users. If  

you're

  passionate about building 0-to-1 products, solving complex technical challenges, and  

maintaining

  a high bar for engineering excellence,  

we'd

  love to meet you.

 

 

Your Role Accountabilities...

 

• Define, communicate, and evolve the architecture for customer-facing web applications, shared backend services, and CMS capabilities, ensuring alignment with business  

  objectives

    and long-

  term technical strategy

• Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle through

   

  architecture reviews, software design, hands-on development, code reviews, documentation,

   

  and technical mentoring.

• Partner with New Business engineering leadership to define and execute the long-term technical

   

  strategy, architecture roadmap, and platform evolution for CNN New Business

• Influence technical decisions across multiple engineering teams and build strong partnerships

   

  with Business, Product, Design, and Editorial organizations to deliver cohesive customer

   

  experiences

• Lead rapid prototyping efforts and technical exploration to  

  validate

    new product ideas and

   

  accelerate 0-to-1 product development

• Champion engineering excellence by  

  establishing

    best practices for software architecture, code

   

  quality, testing, observability, reliability, security, and operational readiness

• Mentor engineers, contribute to technical hiring, and help elevate the technical capabilities of

   

  the engineering organization

• Lead the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices and  

  identify

    opportunities to  

  leverage

    AI

   

  to

    improve developer productivity and deliver differentiated customer experiences.

 

Qualifications & Experience...

 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of experience designing and

   

  building large-scale web applications and leading architecture for complex software systems. At

   

  least 2+ years of experience in a role where you defined and led architecture design

• High-Performance mindset to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment with a focus on quickly

   

  delivering customer value over delivering a perfect solution

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to influence technical and non-technical

   

  stakeholders across the company

• Technical Leader and mentorship- Your

    leadership style is rooted in strong collaboration and

   

  lifting others. You love to share your knowledge and experience across all teams

• Experience in designing reusable components and platform capabilities that accelerate

   

  development across multiple consumer products and engineering teams

• Strong full-stack engineering experience with modern web technologies and frameworks,

   

  including JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Python, Go, etc.

• Deep industry experience in designing and implementing highly scalable Web applications, and

   

  hands-on familiarity with both client- and server

  • side

    technologies. Solid understanding of key

   

  design concepts: reliability, availability, security, privacy, analytics, observability, operational

   

  readiness

• Deep  

  expertise

    in cloud-native architectures and experience designing, deploying, and operating

   

  systems in AWS (strongly preferred), GCP, or Azure

• Solid knowledge of Operations, CI/CD, and DevOps.

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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