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# Senior Software Engineer, Site Performance

- **Company:** Discovery Inc.
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Databases, Data Structures, ECMAScript, Interaction Design, Software Engineering, Datadog, Performance Monitor, New Relic (SaaS)
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27884065/Senior-Software-Engineer-Site-Performance-Georgia-Atlanta-7384

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience working with other developers on a production system
 * 5+ years of experience with JavaScript, including ES6/7 and asynchronous JavaScript.
 * Experience with performance monitoring and analytics tools like Datadog, New Relic, or similar.
 * Ability to review group or company level priorities (such as OKRs) breaking down problems into meaningful tasks and solutions working with peers within the team cross-functionally across the organization.
 * Deep 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
 * You understand the constraints of working with a growing team and thrive in an environment that is fast paced.

## Description

As a Senior Software Engineer on CNN's Site Performance Team, you will make significant contributions enhancing the performance and user experience of one of the world's leading news and media platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize site performance focusing on speed, responsiveness, and scalability. Identifying and addressing bottlenecks in code, databases, and infrastructure to ensure lightning-fast page load times and smooth user interactions.

This position will also contribute to using and implementing monitoring and analytics tools to track and analyze site performance metrics. Utilizing data-driven insights to proactively identify performance issues, make informed decisions, and continuously improve the platform.

 * Work primarily in modern JavaScript using AWS (Amazon Web Services)
 * Contribute to the code & architecture reviews and champion best practices for the organization by defining and evolving engineering standards
 * Strong inter-team and cross-team communication
 * Follow a progressive development methodology, moving from proofs of concept to prototypes to production releases
 * Passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership
 * Working in Agile methodologies for organized and distributed work within the team


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