Design System Senior Software Engineer, Dow Jones
$40-160k
Salary dependent on location
Business news and financial information publishing
Job no longer available
Business news and financial information publishing
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$40-160k
Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver trusted news and data to help businesses and society make decisions for a better future.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related technical field
- Minimum of 2+ years hands-on software development experience
- Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Familiar with frameworks (.NET, jQuery, Angular, React-native, Aurelia, Drupal, etc.)
- Experience working in a SaaS or technology-driven company
Desirable
- Experience implementing a design system
- Know-how using/consuming design tokens in code
- Apply best practices for accessibility when developing web apps
- Skills such as Figma, Knapsack, Zeroheight, GitHub, AWS or Azure
- Problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with a strong ability to think holistically
What the job involves
- As Design System Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a critical role in best engineering practices for new product development
- Be responsible for coding components and building out our component libraries across our web, iOS, and Android libraries using React, HTML, JavaScript and CSS that will be used by other developers
- This position requires problem-solving, attention to detail, and the implementation of efficient CI/CD processes
- You will work under the Director of UX Design, working closely with the Lead UX Designer and engineering teams to build high quality, scalable solutions that enable product teams to deliver great products and features to the energy market more quickly
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to help implement continuous improvements, automations and optimizations for all touchpoints between UX and product/service engineering teams
- Implement an efficient versioning and documentation process to ensure design system components are easily accessible, up-to-date, and consistent across the entire organization
- Provide guidance, training, support and build relationships with front-end engineers as they develop product/service components by ensuring they're built according to design and interaction specifications
- Write, review and maintain design system component code snippets used in applications built in React
- Provide code review on other front-end engineer contributions to the design system
- Promote healthy adoption of accessibility best practices for engineers helping make our digital products accessible to all users, regardless of their abilities
- Promote healthy adoption of our design system into OPIS SDLC and OPIS Product Development Pipeline best practices
- Proactively identify and resolve inconsistencies in our design system to maintain a unified experience
- Someone who is passionate to improve our processes and regularly works to identify areas to maximize team efficiency
Our take
Dow Jones is a global leader in news and business intelligence, powering a range of well-respected brands, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial News, MarketWatch, and more. The company delivers its content to consumers through a range of formats, such as print, digital, mobile, and live events.
As companies seek to draw Millennials and Gen Z consumers to their platforms, adaptability is vital, since they are driving the demand for innovative tools and techniques, as the world evolves toward the digital-first era. Dow Jones has proven its ability to meet product optimization challenges with its reimagined Factiva offering that includes a list of new features, such as personalized results, an easy-to-use modern interface, and faster free-text search, all with a mobile-first design that adapts to any device.
The company has also focused on new product innovation by expanding its portfolio of capabilities and partnerships, further expanding into AI-powered personalization technologies and ongoing digital transformation. Already a powerhouse in the market, Dow Jones is well set to capitalize on future expansion and innovation opportunities and between 2019 and 2024, doubled its digital subscription base from 2.43 million to 4.86 million.
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Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 20 weeks of parental leave
- 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave
- Up to 4 weeks of remote work per year
- 1 paid volunteer day annually
- $700 caregiver reimbursement
- Headspace emotional wellness membership
- ClassPass fitness and wellness membership
- Financial rewards for well-being activities
Company HQ
Theater District, New York, NY
Leadership
Almar Latour
(CEO)Before becoming the CEO of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal, they were the Publisher of Barron’s Group and Executive VP of Dow Jones. They were also the previous Executive Editor of The Wall Street Journal.
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