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Your New Role…
CNN Digital Commerce is looking for a software engineer 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.
Your Role Accountabilities…
Work closely with the engineering and platforms team to build and enhance commerce products such as the CNN Underscored.
Exhibit good system engineering skills (e.g., common industry database design and practices, application architectures, operating systems concepts, networking, etc.) in addition to skills in application development.
Design and implement complex features that enhance the user experience.
Identify requirements for the improvement of the publishing platform to assist editors. Recommend new features that will help CNN Underscored expand and improve the end user experience.
Partner across multiple teams to build and improve engineering projects that cultivate CNN’s audience growth.
Develop and champion improved processes for insight collection and dissemination across core engineering tools and products.
Support short-term content planning processes with editorial and programming teams.
Mentor team members and cultivate cooperation and implement best practices regarding engineering workflows.
Passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write.
Demonstrable excellent design skills and the related strengths in clearly articulating difficult technical concepts and information.
Display engineering ability to critically evaluate code as a method of learning, and knows when and how to safely refactor code/artifacts.
Qualifications & Experience…
B.S./M.S. or higher in Computer Science, Software or other Engineering or related field required.
5-10 years of software development experience, with a strong focus on application development.
5+ years of Node.JS, Express, Vue.JS, ES 6 experience at least.
Proficient in modern JavaScript, Typescript, and Python using AWS services, Postgres, Elasticsearch, and Redis.
Expert level when working with modern engineering technologies such as Fastly, AWS, Serverless/SAM, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Snowflake and Git.
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.
A passion to grow…