Senior Software Engineer - Build Scalable Web Apps

Warner Bros. Discovery; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 109,700 - 159,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee wellness program

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the CNN Growth team, building and evolving systems and user experiences that drive audience growth, engagement, and monetization across CNN’s digital platforms.

You will work hands-on across the stack, delivering reliable, performant features and mentoring through technical discussions, code quality, and engineering best practices. This role emphasizes ownership and collaboration within a fast-moving, consumer-focused

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

APIs

Web design

Agile

collaboration

Security best practices

Tools

Node.js

Python

AWS

CI/CD

Datadog

New Relic

Job description

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the CNN Growth team, building and evolving systems and user experiences that drive audience growth, engagement, and monetization across CNN’s digital platforms.

You will work hands-on across the stack, delivering reliable, performant features and mentoring through technical discussions, code quality, and engineering best practices. This role emphasizes ownership and collaboration within a fast-moving, consumer-focused