Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

About the Job

Warner Bros Discovery is hiring a Software Developer II to join the CNN Digital Global Editorial Support team. This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about supporting digital products and editors around the world. This team is tier 1 support for every CNN product, service and tool. We also monitor product performance and stability and support tentpole live events and coverage of breaking news.

As a Software Developer II, you will work with cross-functional teams to triage and troubleshoot production incidents, and support editorial teams' day-to-day workflows. You will work with both front-end and back-end systems and services. You also have the opportunity to work on building projects to support CNN’s web products. Your team works with product, design, revenue and technical teams across both the CNN and WBD organizations. You will play a crucial part on the team as you will be responsible for responding to production issues, basic site configuration files and working on feature development. 

The Daily

Be responsible for triage and troubleshooting bugs and production incidents, supporting editorial workflows and operational maintenance of digital products.

• Communicate effectively with editorial, engineering, product, and design team members to ensure product expectations for internal and external users are met.

• Support live news events.

• Collaborate with team members in the planning and execution of new features and products.

• Thoroughly document your own contributions and, where necessary, the contributions of others.

The Essentials

• 2+ years full stack development experience with an emphasis on front-end development, including JavaScript, HTML/CSS & Responsive design.

• Experience with AWS services and other Cloud Platforms.

• Understand engineering best practices, design patterns, testing and alerting.

• Development experience building fully responsive designs that work across all screen resolutions and browsers.

The Nice to Haves

• Editorial programming or journalism experience.

• Experience developing or working with a publishing CMS.

• Creating automated solutions to user needs.

• Experience with monitoring, alerting and synthetic tests.

• Experience with live streaming events.

• Familiarity with programming languages, frameworks, platforms, API’s and/or SDKs.

• Knowledge of Operations, CI/CD, and DevOps. 

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/  along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at [email protected].