Job Description

Job Description:Senior Software Engineer

About the Position:

Looking for an experienced full stack developer to join a dynamic team that builds editorial tools and capabilities for world class newsrooms such as The Wall Street Journal.

You should be proactive, love creating great products and borderline neurotic about code quality - employing best software development practices, documenting and unit testing your code. You should also have an open-source mentality, thinking about how to build projects as sets of reusable components that can be used by others.

5+ years of real world software development experience is required. Experience working in the media & publishing industry is a plus.

Responsibilities:

* Full tech ownership of one or more products, including building new features, tech improvements and providing support to editors
* Continuously optimize tech architecture/design, performance, scalability and maintainability etc.

* Work under the guidance of tech leads to build/import reusable components and solve common problems across our tools

* Able to communicate effectively with stakeholders, demonstrate/present work, self manage, raise issues/risks and collaborate with other tech teams

* Able to work in a fast paced and agile environment, adhering to critical project timelines

* Support Dow Jones technical cultural values and drive toward solutions independently, seeking feedback when appropriate

Technology Stack/Skill Set:

* 5 years of experience architecting and building scalable web applications
* Expert level Javascript skills with solid experience in React

* Extensive experience developing RESTful APIs using Node.js/Express. Python experience is an added advantage

* Hands-on experience with cloud based technologies such as AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, API Gateway, CloudFront Lambda) and Google Firebase/Firestore cloud functions

* In depth knowledge of database technologies with hands-on PostgreSQL experience

* Real world experience using CI/CD, preferably Jenkins

* Proficiency with modern development tools like Git

* Experience creating unit, integration tests and automated tests, preferably using Cypress and Jest

About the Company:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the worlds largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, Americas largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barrons, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .

Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line.

Business Area: TECHNOLOGY - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Job Category: IT Development Group

About Us

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the worlds top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barrons, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

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Req ID: 23620