Staff Software Engineer

CNN is building its next generation of products and experiences, powered by a cloud-native platform built from the ground up. The New Business team sits at the forefront of this effort, identifying, designing, and launching new product opportunities that will define CNN's future. This role spans the breadth of engineering disciplines, from tuning globally available databases to building immersive front-end user experiences, all in service of bringing innovative new products to market quickly and at scale.

• Leads the architecture and implementation of robust, scalable backend systems, including API design, data modeling, and service infrastructure that powers new product development.
• Contributes to the architecture and implementation of front-end experiences that integrate seamlessly with backend services, with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Participates in code and architecture reviews and champions best practices for the organisation by defining and evolving engineering standards.
• Works primarily in modern JavaScript using AWS services and mentors peers in those languages and tools.
• Stays abreast of industry trends and announcements; understands how changes can impact the business and raises concerns and/or proposes solutions to mitigate risk.
• Codes with passion for software engineering and a strong sense of ownership for the code that the individual and their team write.
• Fails up, learns from research and experiments, and ultimately chooses the best solution to support company objectives.
• Follows a progressive development methodology, moving from proofs of concept to prototypes to production releases.

• BS degree in Computer Science or a related field, with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven record of driving initiatives that involve changes in engineering culture through evangelism and structured processes.
• Strong experience designing, deploying, and operating applications on AWS, with solid command-line proficiency and familiarity with Git and Docker in AWS-based pipelines.
• Extensive experience with modern JavaScript, building responsive UIs and scalable services with contemporary frameworks, state management, and API integration.
• Ability to review company goals and lead teams toward success through discussion with engineering peers, proposals, and breaking solutions into meaningful tasks to execute or delegate.
• Deep industry experience with modern development technologies and hands-on familiarity with both client and server technology, including a solid understanding of common software data structures and algorithms.
• Passion for professional growth and continued development along an individual contributor path.

• Experience working on Kanban/Scrum teams and with project management tools.
• Active participation in the open-source community.
• Experience with interviewing and talent acquisition.