Senior Staff Software Engineer

About the Role The CNN New Business Engineering team is building a new portfolio of standalone consumer lifestyle products across mobile and web. 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. You will partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design, Editorial, and other teams to define architecture, drive technical strategy, lead rapid prototyping, contribute to hands‑on software development, and guide delivery of scalable, high‑quality software across multiple products. 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 designing and building large‑scale web applications and leading architecture for complex software systems. At least 2+ years defining and leading architecture design. High‑performance mindset to thrive in a fast‑paced, agile environment focused on delivering customer value. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to influence technical and non‑technical stakeholders across the company. Technical leadership and mentorship style rooted in strong collaboration and lifting others. Experience 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, with hands‑on familiarity with 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 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 we 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Warner Media, LLC.