Lead Software Engineer

Job Description:

JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer  

Dow Jones Job Location 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 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. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners, we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies. 

About the Role: 

Looking for an experienced full stack developer to join a dynamic team that builds tools and capabilities for world class newsrooms such as The Wall Street Journal. You will be on Dow Jones’ Editorial Tools team and report to the Sr Director of Engineering.

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. 

You Will: 

• Full tech ownership of multiple products, including building new features, tech improvements and providing support to editors

• Manage a team of junior developers and provide technical direction. Enforce software engineering best practices within the team - coding standards, code reviews, Git, CI/CD and testing

• Continuously optimize tech architecture/design, performance, scalability and maintainability etc.  

• 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

You Have: 

• Expert level Javascript skills with solid experience in React

• Extensive experience developing GraphQL APIs using Node.js. Experience with NestJS a plus

• Hands-on experience with cloud based technologies such as AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, API Gateway, CloudFront Lambda)

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

• Real world experience using CI/CD, such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins

• 5+ years of experience architecting and building scalable web applications is required. Experience working in the media & publishing industry 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 

● Commuter Transit Program 

● Subscription Discounts 

● Employee Referral Program 

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups.

Reasonable Accommodation

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union / A clear and likely internal candidate