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Entertainment Inc. - **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), A/B Testing, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Performance Tuning, Svelte, Web Applications, Web Application Frameworks, Web Platforms, ReactJS, Grafana, Software Security, Vue.js, Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets (SASS), Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Restful APIs, Es2015 - **Published:** August 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://warnerbros.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/global/job/GA-Atlanta-1050-Techwood-Drive-NW/Manager--Software-Engineering_R000105667 ## About the Role * 8-10 years of professional experience building and maintaining production software systems * Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including modern ES6+ patterns, and experience with Node * Experience designing and developing scalable APIs and web applications * Solid understanding of system design, performance optimization, and application security * Experience working with AWS services, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools * Strong communication skills and ability to clearly explain technical concepts to varied audiences * Proven ability to deliver high quality software in an agile, fast paced environment * Experience collaborating closely with cross functional partners * Passion for building user focused products that deliver measurable impact Nice to have * Experience bringing products to global markets * Experience with growth experimentation frameworks or A/B testing * Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as Svelte, Vue, or React * Experience integrating identity, authentication, payment, or subscription APIs * Understanding of cloud infrastructure and automation practices * Experience contributing to CMS or publishing platforms * Background in media, streaming, or direct to consumer applications About you * You enjoy staying hands on while influencing technical direction and decision making * You take ownership of complex problems and help bring clarity to ambiguous spaces * You are a strong collaborator who elevates those around you * You care deeply about code quality, reliability, and long term maintainability * You are excited to help shape how CNN builds for growth and scale ## Description The CNN Growth team is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help design, build, and evolve the core systems and experiences that support audience growth, engagement, and monetization across CNN's digital platforms. This role is ideal for a senior individual contributor who thrives on solving complex technical problems, leading by example, and partnering closely with engineering managers, product, design, data, and vendors to deliver high impact, consumer facing software at scale. What you will do As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader on a newly forming team. You will stay deeply hands on while helping set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and guide architectural decisions across the team. You will work across the stack to design scalable systems, influence technical approaches, and ensure high quality delivery. You will collaborate closely with your engineering manager and peers to unblock teams, reduce risk, and drive clarity in ambiguous problem spaces. You will also play a key role in evaluating third party solutions, integrating vendor platforms, and helping the team make sound build vs buy decisions that balance speed, quality, and long term maintainability. The daily * Design, build, and maintain production systems and user facing applications * Lead technical design and architecture discussions for features and systems * Write high quality, well tested code and set a strong example for engineering excellence * Partner with engineering managers on technical strategy, planning, and execution * Collaborate with product, design, data, and other engineers to translate requirements into scalable solutions * Evaluate and integrate third party services and vendor platforms * Identify performance, reliability, and security risks and drive improvements * Participate actively in code reviews and raise the overall quality bar for the team * Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance and knowledge sharing * Help improve developer experience, tooling, and engineering practices Our tech stack Our teams primarily work with JavaScript across modern web architectures, supported by Node, Python, and AWS. We integrate internal platforms, third party services, and cloud infrastructure, and value pragmatic, maintainable technology choices. 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