Manager, Software Development

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team, fostering collaboration, innovation, growth, and technical excellence while promoting continuous learning and career development.
• Drive technical strategy and oversee the development of scalable, high-performance web applications for CNN Digital Commerce.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration to align engineering, product, and business teams for data-driven decision-making and streamlined product development.
• Lead efforts to improve engineering workflows, tooling, and processes for operational excellence.
• Implement and advocate for agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum or Kanban) and support continuous delivery practices.
• Drive initiatives around monitoring application health, infrastructure, and code performance to ensure system reliability and optimal user experiences.
• Drive innovation by adopting modern technologies, optimizing architecture, and ensuring long-term maintainability through code reviews and refactoring.

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (M.S. preferred).
• 10+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Proven track record in leading teams responsible for building and scaling e-commerce platforms or consumer-facing products.
• Extensive experience in modern web technologies, with deep expertise in JavaScript (Node.js, Vue.js), TypeScript, Fastly and Python.
• Proficiency in cloud services such as AWS (Serverless/SAM, etc.), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure management (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL), search engines (Elasticsearch), and caching solutions (Redis).
• Experience with high-performance, high-availability applications in production environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and inspire engineers to meet ambitious technical goals.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and business teams.
• Deep familiarity with Agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines and supporting incremental delivery of business value.

• Experience in non-procedural programming or applying functional-style programming concepts.
• Previous involvement in building e-commerce, affiliate platforms, or consumer media applications.
• Experience in mentoring junior engineers, conducting technical interviews, and contributing to talent acquisition efforts.

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.

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.

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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: CAD 174,200.00 - CAD 278,700.00 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.