Senior Software Engineer, Site Performance

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta, GA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 33 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media and entertainment company operating a broad portfolio of iconic content and brands including Warner Bros. film studio, HBO, CNN, Discovery Channel, and Max streaming service. Industry: Media & Entertainment

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Site Performance

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the CNN Site Performance team, you will enhance the performance and user experience of a leading news and media platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize site speed, responsiveness, and scalability by identifying and addressing bottlenecks in code, databases, and infrastructure. Your daily work involves implementing monitoring and analytics tools to track performance metrics and using data-driven insights to proactively resolve issues. You will work primarily in modern JavaScript using AWS, contributing to architecture reviews and defining engineering standards. The role requires expertise in ES6/7, asynchronous JavaScript, and tools like Datadog or New Relic. You will follow a progressive development methodology within an Agile framework to move projects from proofs of concept to production releases.

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Skills

JavaScript AWS Datadog New Relic Agile ES6 Asynchronous JavaScript Performance Monitoring Analytics Tools Data Structures Algorithms Server Technology

What you'll do

Optimize site performance focusing on speed, responsiveness, and scalability.
Identify and address bottlenecks in code, databases, and infrastructure.
Develop and maintain web applications primarily using modern JavaScript and AWS.
Implement and use monitoring and analytics tools to track site performance metrics.
Conduct code and architecture reviews to define and evolve engineering standards.
Move projects through a progressive development methodology from proofs of concept to production.
Break down high-level organizational priorities into meaningful tasks and technical solutions.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience working with other developers on a production system.
5+ years of experience with JavaScript, including ES6/7 and asynchronous JavaScript.
Experience with performance monitoring and analytics tools like Datadog, New Relic, or similar.
Deep industry experience with modern development technologies and hands-on familiarity with client and server technology.
Solid understanding of common software data structures and algorithms.
Ability to review group or company level priorities and break down problems into meaningful tasks.
Strong inter-team and cross-team communication skills.
Experience working in Agile methodologies for organized and distributed work.

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