Job descriptionThe Job Senior Software Developer, CNN Connected TV Devices
– You will lead technical efforts to build world‑class connected TV streaming video applications across an ever‑growing number of devices and platforms, in order to bring CNN to our users.
In this role, you’ll make significant contributions to major features and product initiatives for our connected TV applications. Your main focus will be on shipping: everything from brand new features, to platform ports, to bug fixes. You’ll work closely with other engineers, product, design, and research to plan out upcoming work and deliver it consistently and predictably. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn from more experienced engineers and take on more leadership responsibilities over time. If you have strong technical and non‑technical communication skills, experience in building consumer applications, and the ability to learn new technologies quickly, this role offers a chance to grow into a technical leader while delivering world‑class product experiences to customers.
You’ll also help your team improve over time by contributing to high‑quality software engineering practices – continuous integration, effective test coverage, automated testing, constructive code reviews, and low friction development environments. As a senior engineer, you’ll model and evangelize a positive, inclusive, and constructive way of working for your team.
The Daily
Drive significant and high‑quality code contributions to the project.
Continually improve development processes through activities such as adding test coverage, improving automation, and documenting or refactoring code.
Contribute to technical design and discovery activities within your team to support product roadmap definition.
Encourage engineering best practices and effective debugging techniques; give pointers and educational resources.
Requirements
Extensive experience in one of the following: Lightning framework or a modern web framework (e.g. Angular, Vue, Svelte, React).
5+ years of experience with JavaScript and TypeScript.
Significant experience building, testing, shipping, and maintaining consumer applications.
Demonstrated success working with a team to deliver high‑quality software in an iterative, predictable, and sustainable way.
Excellent written and oral communication skills and experience communicating with both technical and non‑technical functions within an organization.
Experience evangelizing high‑quality software development practices on a team – appropriate test coverage, automation, CI/CD, etc.
Ability to learn new technologies, languages, or frameworks rapidly.
Bonus Points
Experience with React Native or WebGL.
Experience developing an application in a resource‑constrained environment (e.g. limited GPU, CPU, Memory).
Experience and passion for developing connected TV applications.
Championing Inclusion at WBD Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. 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, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law.
In compliance with local law, we disclose the compensation range for this role: $109,700.00 – $159,700.00 per year. Base pay is part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees, which may also include annual bonuses, short‑ and long‑term incentives, and program‑specific awards. We provide a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time, and vacation. This position is open for an existing position vacancy.
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