Senior Software Engineer, Content Intelligence
Warner Bros. Discovery · Atlanta, GA
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Jul 20, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role on CNN's Content Intelligence team, focused on building and operating AI-powered data products — including article summarization and content classification systems — that serve millions of users across CNN's web and app platforms. The work centers on integrating large language models into reliable, large-scale production systems, with responsibilities spanning design, on-call reliability, and mentoring less experienced engineers.
Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,550 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,350–3,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499).
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role is primarily backend/distributed systems engineering with a strong AI/LLM integration focus; 15-2051 (Data Scientists) is noted as a runner-up given the team's ML/AI product work, but day-to-day responsibilities center on building and operating production software systems.
Golang, Java, and C++ are listed as interchangeable alternatives to Python's companion language ('one or more of Golang, Java, C++, or similar') — Golang is used as the primary name with the others in alternatives.
AWS is required but the JD explicitly accepts 'comparable cloud,' so Azure and GCP are listed as alternatives.
A Bachelor's degree in CS or related field is listed, but the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience,' so no minimum degree is hard-required.
'LLM output evaluation' and 'content classification/tagging/summarization' appear only under the 'The Nice to Haves' section.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The posting is associated with CNN's New York headquarters; no explicit remote policy is stated, so remote is set to false.
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