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Your New Role…
CNN Digital Commerce is looking for a Senior Full‑Stack Developer (Front‑End Lean) experienced in modern enterprise-class languages and development platforms, with a strong emphasis on JavaScript/Node. This role will require deep involvement in design, implementation, test, and deployment of web applications such as CNN Underscored.
The engineer will be responsible for creating customer facing products, testing artifacts, develop tooling to support massive growth of the CNN Commerce vertical. Candidate must have ability to test and learn newer technologies and concepts on the job related to best practices and operational excellence.
Your Role Accountabilities…
Work closely with the engineering and platforms team to build and enhance commerce products such as the CNN Underscored.
Exhibit good system engineering skills (e.g., common industry database design and practices, application architectures, operating systems concepts, networking, etc.) in addition to skills in application development.
Design and implement complex features that enhance the user experience.
Identify requirements for the improvement of the publishing platform to assist editors. Recommend new features that will help CNN Underscored expand and improve the end user experience.
Partner across multiple teams to build and improve engineering projects that cultivate CNN’s audience growth.
Develop and champion improved processes for insight collection and dissemination across core engineering tools and products.
Support short-term content planning processes with editorial and programming teams.
Mentor team members and cultivate cooperation and implement best practices regarding engineering workflows.
Passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write.
Demonstrable excellent design skills and the related strengths in clearly articulating difficult technical concepts and information.
Display engineering ability to critically evaluate code as a method of learning and knows when and how to safely refactor code/artifacts.
Participate in on-call responsibilities as needed alongside the commerce engineering team.
Qualifications & Experience…
B.S./M.S. or higher in Computer Science, Software or other Engineering or related field required.
5+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on application development.
Proficient in modern JavaScript/Typescript/React/Vue
Experience with Node.JS, Express and Python.
Experience using AWS services, Git, Postgres, Elasticsearch, and Redis.
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.
Previous involvement in building medium to large-scale, "mission critical", "high availability" production systems that directly support essential business and technical, or operational functions.
Experience working in e-commerce, affiliate platforms, and consumer media.
Experience with Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum or Kanban). Must demonstrate support for the practices that allow for continuous deployment and incremental delivery of business value.
Additional Information...
On December 5, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. The transaction is expected to close after the separation of Warner Bros. Discovery's Global Networks division, Discovery Global, into a new publicly-traded company, which is expected to be completed in Q3 2026. For more details, including leadership appointments and information on individual brands, please visit our newsroom here.
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