Hybrid Staff Software Engineer

at Warner Bros. Discovery

• Job title: Staff Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $145,600 - $270,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Docker, JavaScript, Jest, Mocha, Node.js, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Staff Software Engineer on CNN’s Messaging & Martech Team designing and maintaining systems for engagement. Developing APIs and integrations while mentoring engineers in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of messaging and Martech features across web
• mobile
• and backend services
• Build and maintain APIs
• pipelines
• and integrations that support email
• push notifications
• in-app messaging
• and marketing automation
• Collaborate with product
• marketing
• data
• and editorial teams to define and deliver end-to-end engagement solutions
• Work across the stack using JavaScript
• Node.js
• Python
• and AWS to build reliable
• scalable systems
• Ensure that the team understands and adheres to department-wide code quality
• observability
• and security standards by serving as a leader in testing
• monitoring
• and documentation practices
• Participate in agile development ceremonies and help the team improve processes through retrospectives and collaboration
• Mentor engineers through code reviews
• design feedback
• and technical guidance
• Stay current with emerging Martech tools and engagement strategies
• Serve as the technical point of contact for messaging and MarTech vendors and support internal integration work

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6/7)
• Node.js and modern web frameworks
• Hands-on experience with AWS services
• CI/CD pipelines
• containerization tools such as Docker
• Experience designing and developing APIs
• event-driven systems
• real-time data pipelines
• Understanding of Martech concepts such as audience segmentation
• marketing automation
• customer data platforms (CDPs)
• Experience integrating with email
• notification
• CRM systems (e.g., Zeta, Braze, Iterable, Salesforce Marketing Cloud)
• Familiarity with unit testing frameworks (Jest, Mocha, Jasmine)
• performance monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch)
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical partners

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• an employee wellness program
• life and disability insurance
• a retirement savings plan
• paid holidays and sick time
• vacation