Senior software engineer

Job Description:

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 drives the evolution of our Technology, Engineering, Data, Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions, we shape the digital landscape for our customers, readers, and users. From revolutionizing 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. 

About the Role:

The Data Services team is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer who is able to

• Bring professional Software Engineering concepts and best practices to the workplace; drive for high quality in all aspects of the SDLC.

• Work with management and technology peers to identify and implement continuous process improvement opportunities within the business.

• Formulate and communicate ideas, plans, and recommendations to team members and business customers.

• Influence changes in the team and/or the business to achieve operational excellence.

• Apply strong analytical skills to determine root causes of problems and to determine the best situational decisions.

• Apply technical/professional expertise to facilitate the on-schedule delivery of high-quality work products.

You Will:

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to

• Design, implement, test and maintain clean, quality code.

• Write unit tests and regression tests to maintain adequate code coverage.

• Creating build and deployment pipelines for APIs using appropriate tools to implement.

• Collaborating with other team members, POs and quality assurance to deliver high quality products.

• Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications. 

• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets our coding standards, testing, security and maintainability guidelines.

• Support product releases End-to-End.

You Have:

•  3-4 years of experience in development, and implementation of enterprise level solutions based on Java and Springboot Technologies.

• At least 4 years’ experience creating web services providing Representational State Transfer (REST, RESTful) APIs

• 3+ years experience with NODEJS is a big plus. 

• Strong knowledge of OpenAPI Specifications.

• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines (Jenkins or equivalent)

• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented design methodologies and design patterns.

• 3+ years of experience in Linux/Unix.

• AWS experience is a must. (EC2, S3, Kinesis, ECS, SNS, SQS, Lambda, RDS etc.) 

• Knowledge of BDD and TDD.

• Hands on or understanding of blue-green deployments is a huge plus. 

• Experience with Docker or Kubernetes is a huge plus.

• Familiarity with Service Mesh is a plus.

• Terraform is a plus. 

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans

• Paid Time Off

• Retirement Plans

• Comprehensive Insurance Plans

• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources

• Education Benefits

• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support

• Employee Referral Program

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. 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