Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
About the Job
We are searching for an Android Software Engineer to join the CNN Mobile Engineering Team. They are an individual contributor, self-directed, able to work with minimal supervision, and is typically expected to take on the difficult technical challenges. The Engineer will contribute to the technical direction, supporting the Principal Engineers/Architects and Senior Engineers in defining the technology strategy and implementation. We need our engineers to be versatile and always eager to tackle new problems while working in a fun, collaborative and fast-paced environment.
The Android Software Engineer contributes to mobile technology strategy, architecture, best practices, and choice of tools and technology stack across Android app platforms, supporting mobile backend APIs, mobile CI/CD tools, and testing automation. The ensure technical execution and release of CNN’s mobile apps to end consumers. He/she partners with Product, Design and Delivery Leaders to help teams deliver on product initiatives and operational execution.
About the Team
This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building mobile apps for News audiences. Our team builds innovative and creative user experiences taking advantage of the latest features and technologies that CNN has to offer.
The Daily
Build intuitive, simple and elegantly designed mobile apps that people want to use
Provide support and development of software tools and procedures to extend and enhance the core production pipeline
Work with multiple departments, including Product, Design, Delivery, Editorial and Engineering to implement CNN Digital consumer experience solutions and apps
Assist with troubleshooting production problems, root cause analysis, and debugging
Development and maintenance of existing production systems supporting CNN’s digital ecosystem
Ensure software development follows industry best practices, policies and guidelines. Specifically, ensuring that technical solutions are in line with established CNN Digital strategy,standards in respect to architecture, security, corporate governance, coding standards, monitoring, logging, unit test, and service enablement
The Essentials
BS/MS in computer science (or equivalent)
Demonstrated advanced understanding of troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, application design, solution development, human factors/usability design, and implementation of projects for major business units or the enterprise
Minimum 2 years professional development environment
Strong foundation in programming fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms
Ability to develop new and innovative applications as well as maintaining existing code
Demonstrated full-mobile stack development experience with mobile native clients, SDKs, and APIs (Kotlin/Java, Jetpack Compose, Android platform).
Demonstrated expert knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, and architecture, specifically experience architecting performant, scalable, and secure mobile apps.
Hands-on experience with mobile DevOps CI/CD tools and implementing best practices, including automation of deployment, code signing tools and automated tests. Preferred familiarity with Git and Bitrise.
Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical cross-functional teams
Experience building flexible software architecture to accommodate shifting business needs
The Nice to Haves
Knowledge of Cloud Computing platforms such as Amazon AWS
General familiarity with database technologies (SQL/RDBMS, NoSQL,GraphDB, etc.)
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 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.
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