Warner bros. discovery

Actively Hiring

Staff Engineer

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Full time

Role Overview

The Staff Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for driving engineering excellence, architectural direction, and delivery of large-scale, high-impact systems across CNN digital platforms.

About Warner bros. discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, highly available applications and platforms
Define technical strategy, architecture patterns, and engineering best practices
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across teams
Drive architectural decisions balancing scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability
Partner with product, design, editorial, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions

Requirements & Eligibility

Proven experience delivering large-scale consumer applications
Strong expertise in designing distributed systems and scalable architectures
Experience leading technical direction across multiple engineering teams
Deep understanding of cloud-native technologies and modern software development practices
Strong experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and system integrations
Strong programming skills in languages such, JavaScript/TypeScript

Required Skills & Tech

JavaScriptTypeScriptAPIsMicroservicesCI/CDDevOpsAWSKubernetes