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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About the JobCNN is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer to join the
Ad Experiences team. This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building digital products that balance company goals and a great user experience. The Ad Experiences team is building new digital advertisement experiences on CNN to support a premium news experience and engages our audiences as well as new capabilities that enable the business to improve revenue, web performance, and overall resiliency of advertisements on CNN. If this role sounds interesting to you and you would like to help the team with these opportunities, come join us!
About the Team As a
Senior Software Engineer, you will work on a cross-functional team that is focused on building products and capabilities to enhance the experience on
CNN.com. Your team is compromised with 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 part 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-priority features with thorough testing
- Work with a cross functional team in an agile environment, and contributing to Scrum, Planning, Retros, and Demos
- Support others on your team through code reviews, pairing, desk checks, and collaboration
The Essentials
- Understand engineering best practices, design patterns, reviews, testing and alerting
- Proficient on the command line in concert with Git, Docker, and AWS
- Unit testing experience using frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine, and Mocha
- Passionate about improving the code you touch and interact with.
- Excited to learn and ready to take on new challenges.
- Excellent communicator with your team members and peers.
- Excited to add positively to the culture of CNN, both from an interpersonal level and from a code improvement standpoint.
The Nice to Haves
- Advertisement development and integration experience
- Advanced Experience with AWS services or other Cloud Platforms
- Knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and NoSQL
- A|B testing and consumer testing platform experience
- Familiarity with Design Systems, Component Libraries and Atomic Design
- Familiarity with other modern programming languages, frameworks, platforms, API’s and/or SDKs.
- Knowledge of Operations, CI/CD, DevOps, with exposure to escalation protocols, PagerDuty, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CodePipeline, etc..
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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