Senior Software Engineer, Dow Jones

• 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
• Ability to interact, build and maintain effective relationships with peers. This also includes communication channels like email, chat, scrum boards, wiki pages etc
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and programming skills, with high responsibility and care of the details
• Ability to identify and isolate problem areas within the entire application flow and to investigate the root cause and implement solutions
• Self-organized, working well independently and in a geographically diverse team environment in a collaborative fashion
• Ability to implement a scalable solution for a new project as well as migration of legacy projects to new architecture. Produce and maintain proper documentation
• Ability to identify tech debts and code smells while working on a project and to take steps to reduce them
• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 3+ years of design, development, and deployment of application software using Java, C++
• 2 or more years of experience in Python
• Ability to turn up quick prototypes into products
• Excellent understanding of Object Oriented Design and Programming concepts
• Experience with Git, Jenkins
• Experience in implementing ReSTful APIs following JSON API standards
• Experience writing unit, functional, performance, soak and stress tests and experience writing unit tests using NUnit, Mocha
• Experience in Continuous Integration & Delivery of applications is a bonus
• Experience with implementing and deploying applications in cloud-based environment is a bonus
• Experience working with Docker or other container technologies
• Experience in Linux environment and shell scripting
• Write efficient code based on feature specifications

Desirable

• The Dow Jones Technology team is modernizing its industry renowned Search platform and is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with 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 report into the Manager of Engineering that works on Search technologies
• We are looking for creative and passionate, self-driven engineers who are hands-on – implementing, deploying code all the way through to production
• You will be developing & support core Search components, ReSTful APIs & platform infrastructure frameworks while adhering to our SDLC best practices and guidelines
• You will be working in a team setting, understand and practice agile software development and management
• You will build and work with the lead on rigorous load, stress and performance tests prior to deploying software
• You will be required to integrate your work into our automated CI/CD pipeline and measure test coverage. You will be following all the standards processes of SDLC and our test automation framework