Dow Jones

Lead Software Engineer

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20 hours ago
Barcelona, SpainStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define application architecture models, programming standards, and recommended languages and tools.
  • Analyze complex technical problems and present solutions spanning multiple engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with product managers to manage technical scope and deliverables for the product roadmap.
  • Work with engineers across Dow Jones and News Corp to build products and leverage shared technologies.
  • Handle and oversee deployments to production environments.
  • Design and implement developer, testing, application monitoring and control, change management, and implementation practices.
  • Define standards for designing, building, and maintaining applications, components, and common services.
  • Identify strategic technical debt, evaluate its cost and benefit, and recommend prioritization timelines.
  • Delegate effectively, remove team roadblocks, and champion scalability, usability, reliability, functionality, and performance.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2–4 years in a lead engineering role.
  • Knowledge of commercial B2C and B2B digital product business models.
  • Substantial experience building online subscription products, advertising and privacy technologies, and high-traffic websites.
  • Strong understanding of JavaScript and web development best practices, with advanced CSS knowledge including Grid, Flexbox, Media Queries, Container Queries, and Transitions.
  • Experience using AI tools such as Copilot, Claude Code, and OpenAI to improve productivity and build consumer-facing products.
  • Familiarity with designing and developing agentic software solutions.
  • Experience collaborating with engineers on large-scale projects.
  • Knowledge of web development, service-oriented architecture, cloud computing, test-driven development, and domain-driven design.
  • Understanding of computer architecture, data structures, memory management, algorithms, and networking.
  • Fluency in Node.js and significant hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud providers.
  • Exposure to Docker or other container-based application deployment.
  • Experience with Express.js, React, Redis, Next.js, Terraform, Webpack, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, React Native, and related data and application technologies.
  • A BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent is a plus.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare plans for employees and families.
  • 30 days of paid time off per year.
  • Meal vouchers.
  • Retirement plans.
  • Lifestyle programs and wellness resources.
  • Education benefits.
  • Family care benefits and caregiving support.
  • Subscription discounts.
  • Employee referral program.
  • Financial health programs and cybersecurity protection.
  • The role is based in Barcelona and offers a base pay range of EUR 65,000–75,000 per year.

Tech Stack

AWSCSSDockerElasticsearchExpressGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLJavaScriptNext.jsNode.jsReactReact NativeRedisTerraformWebpack
Dow Jones

About Dow Jones

10,000+ employees

Dow Jones provides news, market data, and risk/compliance information for consumers and enterprises through brands and platforms such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Factiva, OPIS, and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance. Its business model spans consumer subscriptions, enterprise licensing, advertising, and data services used by financial institutions, corporations, and investors. Founded in 1882 and headquartered in New York, it is a subsidiary of News Corp.

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