Dow Jones Lead Software Engineer in BARCELONA, SpainDo you like building scalable and resilient, customer-focused applications in a cloud computing environment? The Dow Jones Technology team is modernizing its industry renowned Search platform and is looking for a Lead Software Engineer with a passion for building and advancing mission-critical product capabilities. Our Search platform utilizes leading edge search technologies in conjunction with highly enriched, multilingual content from over 33,000 sources to provide the world's most comprehensive collection of news and data to a broad spectrum of clients. You will need to bring keen analytical skills and a passion for creative problem-solving. We are looking for engineers who are unafraid of learning new technologies. You will report into the Engineering team that works on Search technologies.
Responsibilities: Designing, implementing, and owning code all the way through deployment.Developing and supporting core Search components, ReSTful APIs & platform infrastructure frameworks while adhering to our SDLC best practices and guidelines.Working in a team setting, understanding and practicing agile software development and management.Building and executing rigorous load, stress, and performance tests prior to deploying software.Participating in technical discussions about technology and infrastructure, considering the pros and cons of technology choices based on business value, scalability, maintainability, and project delivery performance.Maintaining and sharing knowledge in emerging technologies and tools in the industry.Integrating work into our automated CI/CD pipeline and measuring test coverage while following all standards processes of SDLC and our test automation framework.Core requirements: Excellent verbal & written skills to interact, build, and maintain effective relationships with peers.Strong analytical, problem-solving, and programming skills with high responsibility and attention to detail.Ability to identify and isolate problem areas within the application flow and implement solutions.Self-organized, working well independently and in a geographically diverse team environment.Initiative person with a positive mindset, creative thinking, and adaptability to workflow changes.Ability to design a good architecture for new projects and migrate legacy projects to new architecture.Ability to identify tech debts and code smells and take steps to reduce them.Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.Required Skills/Experience: 8+ years of design, development, and deployment of application software using Java.Excellent problem-solving skills.2+ years of experience in Python.Excellent understanding of Object Oriented Design and Programming concepts.Experience with Git, Jenkins.Experience in implementing ReSTful APIs following JSON API standards.Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB and Aurora offerings of AWS.Experience writing unit, functional, performance, soak, and stress tests.Experience in logging, monitoring & alerting of applications.Experience in Continuous Integration & Delivery of applications is a bonus.Experience with designing and deploying applications in a cloud-based environment is a bonus.Experience working with Docker or other container technologies.Experience in Linux environment and shell scripting.Desired Skills/Experience (would be a plus): Experience with Search engine technology, NLP, Taxonomies, Categorization, and Semantic searching.Experience working with a variety of structured and unstructured data.Experience with ElasticSearch, Lucene/Solr, or MarkLogic technologies.Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones is 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.
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