Senior Software Developer

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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CNN Growth

Come join our team

The CNN Growth team is hiring a Senior Software Developer to help build and evolve the systems and user experiences that drive audience growth, engagement, and monetization across CNN’s digital platforms.

This role is ideal for a strong senior individual contributor who enjoys building high quality software, collaborating closely with teammates, and taking ownership of meaningful technical problems in a fast moving, consumer focused environment.

What you will do

As a Senior Software Developer, you will be a key contributor on a newly forming team. You will work hands on across the stack, delivering reliable, performant features while contributing to technical discussions, code quality, and engineering best practices.

You will partner closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers to turn ideas into production ready solutions. You will also help ensure systems are scalable, secure, and maintainable as the team and platform grow.

The daily

• Design, build, and maintain production ready software systems and user facing features
• Work primarily in modern JavaScript, maintaining and developing components and services
• Collaborate closely with designers to implement interfaces that are functional, accessible, and visually polished
• Optimize code for performance, scalability, and reliability
• Develop and maintain server side logic and APIs for client server communication
• Integrate front end elements with back end systems seamlessly
• Participate in code and architecture reviews and champion engineering best practices
• Follow a progressive development approach from proof of concept through production release
• Integrate third party libraries and services responsibly and securely
• Identify and address security, performance, and quality risks early
• Work within Agile development practices on a distributed team
• Communicate clearly within the team and across teams to drive alignment and delivery

Our tech stack

Our teams primarily use JavaScript and TypeScript across modern web architectures, supported by Node, Python, and AWS. We value pragmatic technology choices and build systems that integrate internal platforms, third party services, and cloud infrastructure.

Technologies include JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, Python, Svelte, Sass, AWS services, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience building and maintaining production software systems
• 4+ years of experience with JavaScript, including modern ES6+ and asynchronous patterns
• Experience designing and implementing APIs and web applications
• Solid understanding of performance optimization, security, and system design principles
• Experience with performance monitoring and analytics tools such as Datadog or New Relic
• Strong collaboration and communication skills within and across teams
• Experience working in Agile development environments
• Hands on familiarity with both client side and server side development
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivered work
• Ability to break down broader goals into clear technical tasks and solutions

Nice to have

• Experience developing or contributing to CMS platforms
• Experience with templating systems such as Handlebars
• Experience setting up, managing, or improving CI/CD pipelines using AWS tools
• Some Python experience
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as Vue, Svelte, or React
• Experience integrating authorization, identity, payment, or subscription APIs
• Experience with A/B testing or experimentation platforms

About you

• You are passionate about software engineering and take pride in high quality work
• You thrive in fast paced environments with evolving requirements
• You enjoy collaborating closely with designers, product partners, and engineers
• You balance execution speed with thoughtful technical decision making
• You want to build products that reach large audiences and make a real impact

Additional Information

On June 9, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies, Warner Bros. and Discovery Global, with an expected completion in mid-2026. For more details, including leadership appointments and information on individual brands, please visit our newsroom here.Although you will be hired by Warner Bros. Discovery, upon the planned separation in 2026, your employment likely will transition to Discovery Global. During this period of transformation, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to lay the foundation at one of the world’s premier entertainment brands.

This is a newly created position.

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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