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Senior Staff Software Developer
full-timeOttawa$134k - $201k

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Location

Ottawa

Salary

$134k - $201k

Type

full-time

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About this role

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!

Your New Role...

Senior Staff Software Developer, CNN Connected TV Devices (Javascript)

As a Senior Staff 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 have technical ownership of 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 be successful in this role if you can take an undefined problem statement, work with a cross functional team to turn it into a concrete, well-scoped technical plan, and then deliver a high quality solution in a consistent and predictable way. This requires strong technical and non-technical communication skills, and deep knowledge of the full connected TV app development lifecycle.

In this role, you’ll be expected to make significant individual contributions, but you’ll also act as a technical leader on the team. You’ll mentor and guide other engineers in their day to day work. You’ll ensure the team is following 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 leader in the engineering organization, you’ll model and evangelize a positive, inclusive, and constructive way of working for your team.

Your Role Accountabilities...

  • Make significant, high quality code contributions to the project

  • Lead discussions, create documentation, or create work tickets to ensure other engineers on the team have enough detail, context, and direction on their current and future projects to make progress autonomously

  • Lead or participate in technical design and discovery activities within your team to support product roadmap definition

  • Contribute to high level planning, roadmap definition, and architecture design with teams across the organization

  • Provide technical mentorship to other engineers - provide positive, constructive code reviews; teach engineering best practices and debugging techniques; give pointers to educational resources; etc.

Qualifications & Experience...

  • Significant experience in building, testing, shipping, and maintaining consumer applications

  • 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 working with a team to deliver high quality software in an iterative, predictable, and sustainable way

  • Experience with the Lightning framework, WebGL, or a modern web framework (Angular, Vue, Svelte, React, etc)

  • Experience with Typescript

Bonus Points

  • Experience developing connected TV applications

  • Experience developing an application in a resource constrained environment (e.g limited GPU, CPU, Memory)

  • 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

  • Passionate about performance and creating amazing experiences for CNN users

Additional Information 

On June 9, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies, Warner Bros. and Discovery Global, with an expected completion in mid-2026. For more details, including leadership appointments and information on individual brands, please visit our newsroom here

Although you will be hired by Warner Bros. Discovery, upon the planned separation in 2026, your employment likely will transition to Discovery Global. During this period of transformation, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to lay the foundation at one of the world’s premier entertainment brands. 

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: $134,000.00 - $201,000.00 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 is a newly created position.

Other facts

Tech stack
Javascript,Connected TV Applications,Technical Leadership,Code Reviews,Software Engineering Practices,Typescript,WebGL,Modern Web Frameworks,Consumer Applications,Performance Optimization,Debugging Techniques,Continuous Integration,Automation,High Quality Software Development,Mentorship,Communication Skills

About Warner Bros. Discovery

WARNER BROS. is a global leader in all forms of entertainment and their related businesses across all current and emerging media and platforms. A WarnerMedia Company, the fully integrated, broad-based Studio is home to one of the most successful collections of brands in the world and stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to DVD and Blu-ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, video games, product and brand licensing, and broadcasting. The company’s vast library, one of the most prestigious and valuable in the world, consists of more than 61,000 hours of programming, including nearly 6,500 feature films and 3,000 television programs comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes.

Warner Bros. has employees in over 30 countries. The company is headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios lot, 142 acres in Burbank, California, which is considered one of the foremost motion picture and television production and post-production facilities in the world and is also home to 35 soundstages (including one of the world’s tallest stages, which has an in-ground tank capable of holding more than two million gallons of water). Warner Bros. Studio Facilities also manages the company’s studio in the U.K., Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which is a 160-acre production facility that has been the production site of many highly acclaimed Warner Bros. movies including the eight Harry Potter films.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Entertainment Providers

What you'll do

  • Lead technical efforts to build connected TV streaming video applications and ensure high quality software engineering practices. Mentor and guide other engineers while contributing significantly to code and technical discussions.

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What does Warner Bros. Discovery pay for a Senior Staff Software Developer?

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What does a Senior Staff Software Developer do at Warner Bros. Discovery?

As a Senior Staff Software Developer at Warner Bros. Discovery, you will: lead technical efforts to build connected TV streaming video applications and ensure high quality software engineering practices. Mentor and guide other engineers while contributing significantly to code and technical discussions..

Why join Warner Bros. Discovery as a Senior Staff Software Developer?

Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading Entertainment Providers company. The Senior Staff Software Developer role offers competitive compensation.

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