Staff Software Developer

Job Description

CNN is hiring a Staff Software Developer to join the Content Distribution team. This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building digital products that balance company goals and great user experience. CNN is building new digital products, such as direct-to-consumer subscription products, new features and capabilities to support a premium news experience and engage our audiences, and new technologies to help us meet our global audiences where they are. If this sounds interesting to you and you would like new challenges, come join us!
As a Staff Software Developer, you will work on a cross-functional team that is focused on building products and capabilities to enhance the experience on CNN.com. Your team is compromised with Technical, Design and Product leads and a team of engineers that support each other through the planning, development, review, and deployment processes. You will play a crucial part on the team as you will be responsible for feature development, quality code, peer reviews, and operational support.
Your Role Accountabilities…
• Full stack development with Typescript, JavaScript, Python and various AWS services and incorporating semantic code, accessibility and responsive design methodologies
• Responsible for owning, implementing, developing, and maintaining complete high-priority features with thorough testing
• Work with a cross functional team in an agile environment, and contributing to Scrum, Planning, Retros, and Demos
• Support others on your team through code reviews, pairing, desk checks, and collaboration
The Essentials…
• BS degree in Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience
• Proven record of driving initiatives which involve changes in the engineering culture through evangelism and structured processes
• Ability to review company goals and lead towards success, through discussion with engineering peers, proposals, and ultimately breaking down the solution into meaningful tasks to execute or delegate to the team
• Deep industry experience with modern development technologies, and hands-on familiarity with both client and server technology. Have a solid understanding of common software data structures and algorithms
• A passion to grow professionally and continue developing along an individual contributor path
• Excited to add positively to the culture of CNN, both from an interpersonal level and from a code improvement standpoint.
The Nice to Haves…
• Advanced Experience with AWS services
• Experience with Vue.js, ElasticSearch
• Knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and NoSQL
• Familiarity with other modern programming languages, frameworks, platforms, API's and/or SDKs.
• Knowledge of Operations, CI/CD, DevOps, with exposure to escalation protocols, PagerDuty, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CodePipeline, etc..
• Experience with interviewing and talent acquisition
This is a newly created position.

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