Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer Location: Kanata 307 Legget Dr. 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. 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. To see what it’s like to work at CNN, follow @WBDLife on Instagram and X! The Job As a Senior Software Developer, CNN Connected TV Devices, you will lead technical efforts to build out world-class connected TV streaming video applications across an ever-growing number of devices and platforms, in order to bring CNN to our users! In this role, you’ll make significant contributions to major features and product initiatives for our connected TV applications. Your main focus will be on shipping: everything from brand new features, to platform ports, to bug fixes. You’ll work closely with other engineers, product, design, and research to plan out upcoming work, and deliver it in a consistent and predictable way. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn from more experienced engineers, and take on more leadership responsibilities in this process over time. If you have strong technical and non-technical communication skills, experience in building consumer applications, and the ability to learn new technologies and development methods quickly, this role is a great opportunity to grow into a technical leader, while also delivering world class product experiences to our customers. You’ll be making significant individual contributions in this role, but this goes beyond just cranking out code to ship. You’ll also help your team improve over time by contributing to high quality software engineering practices - continuous integration, effective test coverage, automated testing, positive and constructive code reviews, and low friction development environments. Finally, as a senior engineer, you’ll model and evangelize a positive, inclusive, and constructive way of working for your team. The Daily Drive significant and high quality code contributions to the project. Continually improve development processes through activities like adding test coverage, improving automation, and documenting or refactoring code. Contribute to technical design and discovery activities within your team to support product roadmap definition. Encourage engineering best practices and practices and effective debugging techniques; give pointers and educational resources. Requirements Extensive experience in one of the following: Lightning framework or a modern web framework (i.e. Angular, Vue, Svelte, React, etc). 5+ years of experience with JavaScript and Typescript Significant experience in building, testing, shipping, and maintaining consumer applications. Demonstrated success in working with a team to deliver high quality software in an iterative, predictable, and sustainable way. Excellent written and oral communication skills, and experience in effectively communicating with both technical and non-technical job functions within an organization. Demonstrated success in evangelizing for high quality software development practices on a team - appropriate test coverage, automation, CI/CD, etc. Demonstrated success in rapidly learning new technologies, languages, or frameworks Bonus Points Experience with React Native or WebGL Experience developing an application in a resource constrained environment (e.g limited GPU, CPU, Memory) Experience and passion for developing connected TV applications 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 a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. 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 with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request. In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $109,700.00 - $159,700.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation. This position is open for an existing position vacancy.