Senior Staff Software Engineer

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Work type
Remote
Location
Atlanta, GA
Posted
66 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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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

Warner Bros. Discovery currently has 55 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $131,985–$245,115 across 38 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer

The Senior Staff Software Engineer joins the CNN New Business Engineering team to build a portfolio of standalone consumer lifestyle products across mobile and web platforms. This technical leadership role involves defining architecture for customer-facing web applications, shared backend services, and content management systems. You will drive technical strategy, lead rapid prototyping for 0-to-1 product development, and mentor engineers while ensuring high standards for code quality, security, and observability. The role requires expertise in full-stack engineering using JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Python, and Go. You will design scalable cloud-native architectures on AWS, GCP, or Azure while integrating AI-assisted engineering practices to improve productivity. This position focuses on creating non-news experiences that drive direct-to-consumer growth by solving complex technical challenges and building reusable platform capabilities for a diverse range of products.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Georgia?

Median $178750 from 35 postings across 14 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define and evolve the architecture for customer-facing web applications, shared backend services, and CMS capabilities.
  • Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, software design, code reviews, and documentation.
  • Partner with leadership to define and execute long-term technical strategies and platform roadmaps.
  • Lead rapid prototyping and technical exploration to validate new product ideas for 0-to-1 development.
  • Establish best practices for software quality, testing, observability, security, and operational readiness.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to the technical hiring process to elevate organizational capabilities.
  • Drive the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve developer productivity and customer experience.
  • Build reusable platform capabilities to accelerate development across multiple consumer products and teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
  • 15+ years of software engineering experience.
  • 5+ years of experience designing and building large-scale web applications and leading architecture for complex systems.
  • At least 2+ years of experience in a role where you defined and led architecture design.
  • Strong full-stack engineering experience with modern technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Python, and Go.
  • Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures and experience designing and operating systems in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Solid knowledge of Operations, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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