Job Description:
Dow Jones is seeking a creative and passionate engineer to join a newly formed team, creating game-changing software as part of a strategic initiative with high visibility and growth. Dow Jones brands such as the Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch.com are a trusted source of Market Data content for investors. In this role you will scale Market Data content and capabilities for all Dow Jones consumer customers under a unified platform. The team's goal is to harness the latest financial markets information to expand our web content that engages our customers habitually to help them make informed investment decisions. The platform approach allows us to deliver robust market data experiences across all our brands in a timely and effective way.
Our engineers play a critical role in all stages of the product life cycle, so we look for people who crave ownership, collaborate across the business, and think strategically to solve difficult problems. This role requires strong communication and a passion for investment information or eagerness to learn. History of working with a variety of tech stacks, leading other teammates, and a proven record of collaborating across departments do deliver platform solutions are a must. You will collaborate on technology decisions across the company to help champion best practices around architecture, infrastructure, testing, and code design.
Responsibilities
As part of a cross-functional agile software team, you will design, implement, and maintain our web applications in a highly collaborative environment.
Participate and lead technical discussions about technology, infrastructure and consider the pros/cons of a technology choice based on business value, scalability, maintainability and project delivery performance.
Support Dow Jones technical cultural values and are capable of driving toward solutions independently, and seeking feedback when appropriate.
Maintain and share knowledge in emerging technologies and tools in the industry.
Ability to prioritize and manage work, adhering to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment.
Skills & Experience
6+ years total experience in Software Engineering, preferably in web application development
Proficient in .NET, C# preferred
Javascript
React
Node.js
Cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Projects (GCP)
Experience with data visualization libraries
Experience with web components
Understanding of microservices or service-oriented architecture
Experience working with both technical and product stakeholders, and leading technical deliveries across business units
Experience leading a team of engineers towards best practices and solutions
Knowledge of basic design and UX principles
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with CI/CD technologies such as Jenkins, Google Cloud Build or TeamCity
Queueing technologies such as ZeroMQ
Experience with distributed caching technologies
Exposure to Docker, Elastic Beanstalk or other cloud/container based application deployment
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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
Union Status:
Union role
NYC Pay Range: $50,000 - $180,000
We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.
For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s 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, Barron’s, 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: 32970
