Staff Software Developer

Description:

Warner Bros. Discovery seeks a Staff-level Software Engineer for CNN Storytelling’s politics efforts with a focus on digital cartography. The expectations and responsibilities of a Staff Engineer are a significant step up from a Senior Engineer. CNN is the world’s most essential and engaging source of video and digital news, and we’re embarking on a crucial mission to invent the next generation news and information experiences online. You’ll be joining an empowered cross-functional team building the trusted new digital products, platforms, and formats that put CNN’s talent, expertise, and content programming — and the directions it goes next — directly in the hands of consumers. The Internet is changing the news and information landscape, and we have an ambitious product roadmap grounded in journalism and facts. Our team has a unique ability to marry content, design, product, and technology to spark connection, fulfill utility, and build community.

The Daily

• Lead our cartographic capabilities across digital, broadcast, and other formats.

• Help drive the architecture and implementation of various mapping components through significant expertise with Mapbox, d3, and more

• Help educate team members to get them up to speed on digital cartography concepts so they are able to quickly contribute to the development of those components

• Effectively communicate complicated software concepts and business value in a way your target audience will understand

• Lead code & architecture reviews and champion best practices for the organization by defining and evolving engineering standards

• Work primarily in modern Javascript, Typescript, and Python using AWS services

• Code! Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write

• Fail up, learn from research and experiments and ultimately choose the best solution to succeed the company objectives

• Follow a progressive development methodology, moving from proofs of concept to prototypes to production releases

• Participate in collaborative discussions with the product design and development team to select approaches and implementation details with an eye toward resiliency, agility, and simplicity.

The Essentials

• Proven ability to use digital cartography to tell data-driven stories and to lead multiple, significant products simultaneously

• You are a strong team player with proven ability to work cross-functionally with humility and a sense of humor

• Demonstrated ability to partner with multiple internal and external stakeholders to deliver your product

• Our deadlines are literally set in the U.S. Constitution and in federal legislation. You’ve shown you can deliver against immovable dates while still maintaining work-life balance

• Ability to work in a dynamic and nimble environment which can pivot very quickly to reflect the changing needs of the company

• Outstanding organizational, interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong work ethic, integrity and collaborative approach to work

• Ability to think strategically and to translate ideas into actions

• Significant 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

What will set you apart from the crowd:

• Knowledge of and personal interest in politics. You will be building software to tell the story of the 2024 election and beyond to a global audience of 100+ million people and passion for the subject matter helps

• Experience with Mapbox tile formats and the generation of tiles using tools like Tippecanoe

• Experience working with government civics data like the U.S. Census Bureau API, FRED API, Bureau of Labor Statistics, etc.

• Active in the technology community