Senior Staff Software Engineer

Talentify; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CNN's New Business Engineering team at Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a seasoned technical leader with deep expertise in web software and system architecture.

You will define architecture for customer-facing apps, shared backend services, and CMS capabilities, aligning with engineering, product, design, and editorial teams. You will drive technical strategy, lead rapid prototyping, contribute to hands-on development, and guide scalable, high-quality software across products.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering with architecture leadership.
• 5+ years designing large-scale web apps and leading architecture.
• Strong communication across tech and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience building reusable platform components.
• Full-stack with modern web tech incl. JS/TS, HTML/CSS, Python, Go.

Responsibilities

• Define, communicate, and evolve architecture for customer-facing web apps, backend services, and CMS capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle with architecture reviews and mentoring.
• Partner with engineering leadership to define long-term strategy and platform evolution.
• Influence decisions across teams to deliver cohesive customer experiences.
• Lead rapid prototyping and technical exploration for new product ideas.
• Champion engineering excellence with best practices for architecture, quality, testing, observability, security, and readiness.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical hiring.
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to boost productivity.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture design

Cloud-native

AWS/GCP/Azure

Full-stack

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Go

Communication

Mentorship

AI in engineering

Education

Bachelor in CS

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

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.

To see what it’s like to work at CNN, follow @WBDLife on Instagram and X!

Come join our team!

The CNN New Business Engineering team is building a new portfolio of standalone consumer lifestyle products across mobile and web. Our mission is to create innovative, non-news experiences that enrich our users' lives, deepen daily engagement with CNN, and drive the long-term growth of our direct-to-consumer business.

We are looking for a seasoned technical leader with deep expertise in Web software and system architecture design, combined with hands-on software development experience. This role spans customer-facing web applications, shared backend services, and our content management platform, enabling experiences that power both web and mobile products. As a senior technical leader, you will partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design, Editorial, and other teams across CNN to define architecture, drive technical strategy, lead rapid prototyping, contribute to hands-on software development, and guide the delivery of scalable, high-quality software across multiple products.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation of CNN's next generation of consumer product portfolio from the ground up. You'll influence architecture across multiple engineering teams, build reusable platform capabilities, leverage AI to accelerate innovation, and help deliver engaging experiences to millions of users. If you're passionate about building 0-to-1 products, solving complex technical challenges, and maintaining a high bar for engineering excellence, we'd love to meet you.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Define, communicate, and evolve the architecture for customer-facing web applications, shared backend services, and CMS capabilities, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term technical strategy
• Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle through architecture reviews, software design, hands-on development, code reviews, documentation, and technical mentoring.
• Partner with New Business engineering leadership to define and execute the long-term technical strategy, architecture roadmap, and platform evolution for CNN New Business
• Influence technical decisions across multiple engineering teams and build strong partnerships with Business, Product, Design, and Editorial organizations to deliver cohesive customer experiences
• Lead rapid prototyping efforts and technical exploration to validate new product ideas and accelerate 0-to-1 product development
• Champion engineering excellence by establishing best practices for software architecture, code quality, testing, observability, reliability, security, and operational readiness
• Mentor engineers, contribute to technical hiring, and help elevate the technical capabilities of the engineering organization
• Lead the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices and identify opportunities to leverage AI to improve developer productivity and deliver differentiated customer experiences.

Qualifications & Experience...

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of experience designing and building large-scale web applications and leading architecture for complex software systems. At least 2+ years of experience in a role where you defined and led architecture design
• High-Performance mindset to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment with a focus on quickly delivering customer value over delivering a perfect solution
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders across the company
• Technical Leader and mentorship- Your leadership style is rooted in strong collaboration and lifting others. You love to share your knowledge and experience across all teams
• Experience in designing reusable components and platform capabilities that accelerate development across multiple consumer products and engineering teams
• Strong full-stack engineering experience with modern web technologies and frameworks, including JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Python, Go, etc.
• Deep industry experience in designing and implementing highly scalable Web applications, and hands-on familiarity with both client- and server- side technologies. Solid understanding of key design concepts: reliability, availability, security, privacy, analytics, observability, operational readiness
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures and experience designing, deploying, and operating systems in AWS (strongly preferred), GCP, or Azure
• Solid knowledge of Operations, CI/CD, and DevOps.

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.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.