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

About the Role:

Are you an analytical thinker and passionate about problem solving? This is a unique opportunity to join a passionate team focused on delivering high quality products to a critical section of the economy. This team is tasked with building and maintaining core systems used by our customer base around the world. To fit this role, we are looking for that unique mix of solid technical capabilities, blended with strong interpersonal skills.

As a solution-oriented Software Engineer your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: working with our product teams to provide timely, effective and performant solutions; contributing to the design of scalable data solutions, including the development of automated pipelines; implementing and/or maintaining database systems to ensure the availability and consistent performance of our application suite; understand and define business data requirements and identify data needs and data sources to create scalable data architecture and support enhancements, new product and implementation.

You Will:

• Write, build and deploy code

• Analyze business application requirements, identify concerns and develop action plans

• Be part of an Agile team, using company’s latest software development life-cycle, working closely with team members from Romania and US

• Leverage our Cloud infrastructure (AWS) to design solutions that make the best of it

• Maintains existing legacy applications

• Track down and resolve bugs in any OPIS code base

• Adhere to best practice development standards (such as continuous integration and deployment)

You Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related technical field

• 0-2 years hands-on software development experience

• Strong knowledge of OOP principles

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft products, such as C#, .NET Framework, and .NET 6/8

• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript libraries/frameworks (jQuery, React, Bootstrap, etc.)

• Good understanding of a relational database engine - SQL Server (or PostgreSQL)

• Experience with modern software development life-cycle

We’d also love to hear about your experiences with any of the following:

• Degrees, certifications, and/or awards/recognition that you have achieved

• Knowledge of SDLC, Agile methodology and/or SCRUM

• Experience working with source control providers (Git/TFVC/Mercurial/Svn/etc)

• Experience being part of a continuous integration and deployment process

• Experience using database monitoring tools (like tools from SolarWinds or RedGate)

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 - OPIS - Technology

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union role