Engineer, Experimentation
- Employer
- Dow Jones
- Location
- New York, NY
- Salary
- $DoE
- Closing date
- 21 Apr 2021
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- Industry
- Journalist
- Job Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Sector
- Finance
- Discipline
- Financial Journalist
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Job Details
Job Description:
The Dow Jones Optimization team, in collaboration with the Wall Street Journal's Digital Experience and Strategy group (DXS), is looking for a Software Engineer to join a new team building out our experimentation capabilities across WSJ.com and Barrons.com. With an emphasis on performance and repeatability, your role will be to help implement the best software strategies for the Optimization team to launch a/b & multivariate experiments across our platforms. The ultimate goal is to create a long-term, sustainable suite of tools for conducting experiments. It will require working closely with Optimization managers, product stakeholders, and engineering teams to develop, launch, and wrap up experiments. You will be a technical voice for the team and help us establish well documented and repeatable processes within Dow Jones, while working closely with a small team of engineers.
You will:
You are:
If this sounds like you, we'd love to speak with you!
Dow Jones , Making Careers Newsworthy
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .
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, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.
Business Area: TECHNOLOGY - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Job Category: IT Development Group
About Us
Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.
This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.
If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.
Req ID: 24304
The Dow Jones Optimization team, in collaboration with the Wall Street Journal's Digital Experience and Strategy group (DXS), is looking for a Software Engineer to join a new team building out our experimentation capabilities across WSJ.com and Barrons.com. With an emphasis on performance and repeatability, your role will be to help implement the best software strategies for the Optimization team to launch a/b & multivariate experiments across our platforms. The ultimate goal is to create a long-term, sustainable suite of tools for conducting experiments. It will require working closely with Optimization managers, product stakeholders, and engineering teams to develop, launch, and wrap up experiments. You will be a technical voice for the team and help us establish well documented and repeatable processes within Dow Jones, while working closely with a small team of engineers.
You will:
- Design, develop and test features and functionality for Dow Jones web properties like WSJ.com and Barrons.com.
- Work closely with a team of engineers, product managers, and designers to solve problems for other engineers and our readers.
- Collaborate with technology leaders to set technical direction for our platforms as we build experimentation capabilities
- Play an active role in setting team priorities and ensuring their success
- Empower engineers across the organization to build their own experiments using the platforms and best practices your team designs
You are:
- An experienced software engineer with 1-3 years of experience in modern web development using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript
- Fluent in many web-based technologies such as Node.js, React, JSON and NoSQL. Knowledge of Docker, AWS, Webpack and advanced CSS (Grid, Flexbox) is even better!
- Analytical and detail-oriented, able to decompose and estimate effort for various technical solutions
- Passionate about the power of experimentation and how it can lead to better decisions.
- Well-versed in A/B and Multivariate testing methodologies
- A clear communicator and collaborator, enjoying the opportunity to work across departments
- Familiar with current best-practices regarding web performance and measuring page speed at scale
If this sounds like you, we'd love to speak with you!
Dow Jones , Making Careers Newsworthy
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .
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, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.
Business Area: TECHNOLOGY - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Job Category: IT Development Group
About Us
Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.
This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.
If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.
Req ID: 24304
Company
We break stories, influence ideas, and advance business intelligence and cultural interest.
We expose the events that turn markets, the digital breakthroughs that transform art, the demand that drives invention, as well as the political and societal passing moments and lasting consequences.
We are the people of Dow Jones. From different fields, backgrounds and viewpoints we invite you to join us.
Examine the world and bring it to others.
Company info
- Website
- http://dowjones.com/
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