Software Engineer II

About the role

The AI Systems group at CNN is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, build, and operate AI-powered applications and the platform capabilities that support them. Key responsibilities include:

• Author, test, review, and optimize production-quality code
• Ship and iterate on AI-powered features reaching millions of users
• Integrate ML models and foundation models into production applications
• Drive operational excellence in highly available, low-latency systems
• Partner with editorial, product, and ML stakeholders
• Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences
• Embrace failure as a learning opportunity

Responsibilities

Solve business problems with simple and straightforward solutions, proactively defining problems and driving clarity for the team.

Requirements

3+ years of professional software engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or 2+ years with a Master's degree)

• Strong backend engineering experience with data-intensive applications at web scale
• Proficiency in Python and at least one of Go, Java, or C++
• Solid foundation in relational databases (Postgres or equivalent), NoSQL databases (DynamoDB or equivalent), and infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent)
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and ship highly available, low-latency systems

Qualifications

Experience integrating LLMs or foundation models into production applications

• Familiarity with prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, or LLM observability
• Experience with classification, content understanding, or information retrieval systems
• Understanding of experimentation frameworks and A/B testing methodologies
• Prior experience working on a machine learning or AI team
• Background in media, publishing, or news organizations

Skills

None specified

Benefits

None specified

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

N/A