Software Engineer I (Temporary)

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. The power behind the people building the future. We are the home of the global digital revolution. CNN Digital Commerce is looking for a Software Engineer II experienced in modern enterprise-class languages and development platforms, with a strong emphasis on JavaScript/Node. This role will require deep involvement in design, implementation, test, and deployment of web applications such as CNN Underscored. The engineer will be responsible for creating customer facing products, testing artifacts, develop tooling to support massive growth of the CNN Commerce vertical. Candidate must have ability to test and learn newer technologies and concepts on the job related to best practices and operational excellence.

4+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on application development

• Proficient in modern JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Express, and React/Vue/Angular, along with working knowledge of Postgres, Elasticsearch, and Redis.
• Experience with Fastly, AWS, Serverless/SAM, CloudFormation, Docker, Jenkins, and Git.
• Have a solid understanding of common software data structures and algorithms
• Have previous involvement in building medium to large-scale, "mission critical", "high availability" production systems that directly support essential business and technical, or operational functions
• Demonstrable design skills and the related strengths in clearly articulating difficult technical concepts and information
• Active in the technology community
• Experience with strategies to monitor code health, infrastructure health and performance of applications.

Experience working on Kanban/Scrum teams and the tools used for project management

Active in the technology community

Experience with Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum or Kanban)

Experience in non‑procedural programming or applying functional‑style concepts professionally considered a plus.

Two years of object‑based JavaScript experience is a plus.

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