Senior Backend Engineer

Job Description:

Senior Software Engineer

Dow Jones (Location BCN) Job ID

About Our Organization:

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 world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Team:

Our Technology team inspires the evolution of our Technology, Engineering, Data, Product and User Experience functions. With a focus on delivering the latest solutions, we shape the digital landscape for our customers, readers, and users. From changing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data, mobile, video, and social platforms, our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating with our newsrooms and strategic partners, we lead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Content Services technology team, you will work with several technologies including: AWS, service mesh, Kafka, data lake storage and GenAI and real-time news systems, automation, web scraping and data extraction. You will take part in a transformational effort to modernize our real-time news systems and other content systems that feed and enrich our many products including Newswires, Factiva and the Wall Street Journal. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager.

You Will:

• Contribute to all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle to design, develop, test and deploy high quality solutions using the Agile/Scrum methodology and working with technologies including: AWS Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, Istio, Envoy, Jaeger, Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, GenAI, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins, JSON, XML, MySQL or other Relational Database
• Perform investigation, analysis, evaluation and prototyping to determine project feasibility
• Partner collaboratively with stakeholders to manage scope, deliverables and timelines on technical projects
• Provide feedback, guidance, recommendations and training to management and other stakeholders.
• Work with Agile and geographically and culturally diverse teams.
• Demonstrate knowledge of industry trends, tools and systems.

You Have:

• 3-6 years building high-performance backend systems
• +3 years as a Java developer in a Linux environment
• Experience creating and deploying microservices in a service mesh environment.
• Experience implementing RESTful APIs following industry standards.
• Experience with TCP/IP socket programming and other network protocols.
• Experience implementing, testing, deploying, troubleshooting and supporting multi-region, multi-environment systems with CI/CD, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Experience writing secure code and resolving security vulnerabilities in existing code.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• C#/Python/C/C++ experience is a plus.
• JSON, XML/XSLT, MySQL or other Relational Database, AWS Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, Istio, Envoy, Jaeger, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Chef.

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups. 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, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union role