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Who We Are...
When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
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We are the now and the next. The power behind the people building the future. We are born from the spirit of innovation. We are created from the idea that people around the world want more, need more, deserve more. We are the home of the global digital revolution. We are CNN.
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The Job
As a Senior Software Engineer on CNN's Privacy & Governance team, you will play a critical role in protecting the personal data and privacy rights of millions of users. You will work at the intersection of technology, policy, and compliance, building and maintaining systems that uphold the highest standards of data privacy across CNN's digital platforms. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional partners including legal, platform, and product teams to develop privacy-centric features, enforce data handling standards, and support scalable solutions for consent management and regulatory compliance. You will help implement and maintain systems that operationalize privacy by design in order to proactively identify risks, streamline compliance workflows, and ensure CNN remains a trusted steward of user data. Your work will have real-world impact as you help shape how data is collected, stored, and shared-ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust at every step of the user experience.
The Daily
- Build, maintain, and optimize privacy-forward Android components and libraries such as consent management UIs, privacy settings, and data access request flows.
- Collaborate with legal, product, and platform partners to implement features that align with privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, CPRA).
- Integrate with internal and external privacy tools and APIs to support data governance, telemetry minimization, and compliant tracking.
- Conduct code reviews, maintain high test coverage, and enforce mobile privacy and security best practices.
- Contribute to architectural decisions that promote data minimization, transparency, and user control.
- Debug and address privacy-related issues across the mobile stack, ensuring consistent user experiences and platform compliance.
- Support the documentation and communication of privacy implementations across engineering and non-technical teams.
The Essentials
- 5+ years of experience developing Android applications in Kotlin, with deep knowledge of the Android SDK and modern architecture patterns.
- Experience implementing user privacy features in mobile apps-such as granular permission prompts, data deletion workflows, or consent UIs.
- Strong understanding of mobile data flows and how to limit, protect, and govern data within app boundaries.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and how they impact mobile development.
- Proficient in using Android development tools.
- Ability to balance compliance needs with great user experiences.
- Experience working in large-scale consumer applications or media organizations is a plus.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset for working with cross-functional stakeholders.
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 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.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
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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