Senior Staff Software Developer — Connected TV (JS/TS)

Warner Bros. Entertainment; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company in Ottawa is seeking a Senior Staff Software Developer for CNN Connected TV Devices. The ideal candidate will lead the development of connected TV streaming video applications across multiple platforms, ensuring high-quality coding and mentoring team members. Strong experience in building consumer applications and knowledge of web frameworks like React and TypeScript are essential. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape future innovations in entertainment technology.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in building, testing, shipping, and maintaining consumer applications.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to interact with technical and non-technical roles.
• Proven success in delivering high-quality software in a predictable and sustainable way.
• Experience with a modern web framework such as Angular, Vue, Svelte, React, etc.
• Proficiency in TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Make significant, high-quality code contributions to the project.
• Lead discussions, create documentation, and work tickets for team clarity.
• Participate in technical design and discovery activities to support product roadmap.
• Contribute to high-level planning and architecture design across the organization.
• Provide technical mentorship to other engineers, teach best practices.

Skills

Building consumer applications

Excellent communication skills

Collaboration in software delivery

Web framework experience (React, etc.)

Typescript proficiency

Tools

Lightning framework

WebGL

Job description

A leading entertainment company in Ottawa is seeking a Senior Staff Software Developer for CNN Connected TV Devices. The ideal candidate will lead the development of connected TV streaming video applications across multiple platforms, ensuring high-quality coding and mentoring team members. Strong experience in building consumer applications and knowledge of web frameworks like React and TypeScript are essential. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape future innovations in entertainment technology.