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CNN · 21 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

Warner Bros. Discovery, home of CNN, is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Ad Experiences team. The role involves providing technical leadership, guiding the architectural direction for new products, and collaborating with various internal teams to enhance user experience while balancing revenue goals.

BroadcastingDigital MediaMedia and EntertainmentNews

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Take on a technical leadership role and guide technical direction in partnership with engineering, product, and design partners

Lead technical design, discovery, technical planning, and status discussions within your team, where you’ll help set direction and context, and identify any gaps or blockers

Be involved in discussions around high level planning, roadmaps, and status with teams across the organization

Partner with other internal teams (Mobile Apps, Video, Ads Stakeholders) for implementation strategies and collaboration

Be a mentor for other engineers on the team

Contribute to documentation, peer reviews, and code quality efforts across the platform through thoughtful code reviews and ensuring code standards

Communicate effectively and facilitate meetings for collaboration efforts with other internal stakeholders

Qualification

Full stack developmentAd Technology integrationAB testingPerformance optimizationJavaScriptModern frameworksHTML/CSSResponsive designCommunicationMentoring

Required

Full stack development experience with an emphasis on front end coding, including JavaScript, Modern frameworks, HTML/CSS & Responsive design

Experience with Ad Technology and integrating services / SDKs (third-party or otherwise) for ads, analytics, audience engagement, and media asset management

A|B testing and instrumentation experience for testing consumer facing products

Experience building, testing, shipping, and maintaining highly performant consumer applications

Excellent written and oral communication skills, and experience in effectively communicating with a wide range of technical and non-technical job functions within an organization

Preferred

Understanding of engineering best practices for Web Vitals, Performance, Analytics and Accessibility

Experience with AWS services or other Cloud Platforms

Familiarity with a wide range of languages, frameworks, platforms, API's and/or SDKs

Knowledge of building solutions for high traffic websites

Knowledge of Operations, CI/CD, and DevOps

Company

CNN

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CNN is an online broadcasting platform that offers the latest business, financial, and personal finance news. It is a sub-organization of WarnerMedia.

Founded in 1980

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.cnn.com

H1B Sponsorship

CNN has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Leadership Team

Larry Chevres

VP of Software Engineering

Recent News

Mediagazer

Filings: WBD projects CNN will generate $1.8B in revenue and $600M in adjusted EBITDA for FY 2026; docs show CNN had revenue of $2.2B in 2021 and $1.8B in 2023 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

2026-01-20

The Block

'Surreal moment': Polymarket CEO touts prediction platform's 'most mainstream integration' at Golden Globes

2026-01-16

Mediagazer

CNN signs a non-exclusive deal to stream video podcasts from Lemonada Media, including titles featuring Hasan Minhaj and Mandy Patinkin, on the CNN app (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)

2026-01-16

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