Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.

Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.

Here, you'll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.

If you're energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we'd be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET'S GO!

We are the now and the next. The power behind the people building the future. We are born from the spirit of innovation. We are created from the idea that people around the world want more, need more, deserve more. We are the home of the global digital revolution. We are CNN.

The Job

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.

We are looking for engineers who are comfortable across the stack and interested in solving unique and challenging problems.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of robust, scalable backend systems, including API design, data modeling, and service infrastructure that powers new product development.
• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of front-end experiences that integrate seamlessly with backend services, with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Participate in code and architecture reviews and champion best practices for the organization by defining and evolving engineering standards.
• Work primarily in modern JavaScript using AWS services and mentor peers in those languages and tools.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and announcements; understand how changes can impact the business and raise concerns and/or propose solutions to mitigate risk.
• Code with passion for software engineering and 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 support company objectives.
• Follow a progressive development methodology, moving from proofs of concept to prototypes to production releases.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice to Haves

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

Some Important Details

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