Senior Software Engineer, Experimentation
Posted on: 7 Dec 2021
New York, New York
Job Description
Job Description:
Dow Jones - the Wall Street Journal team - is looking for a Senior 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 helping to lead a small team of junior 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 3-5 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
News Corp.
New York, New York
News Corporation, a media and information services company, creates and distributes content for consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates in five segments: News and Information Services, Book Publishing, Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, and Other. The company distributes content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and DJX through various media channels, such as newspapers, newswires, Websites, mobile device applications, tablets and e-book readers, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. It also owns and operates daily, Sunday, weekly, and bi-weekly newspapers comprising The Australian, The Weekend Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, and New York Post, as well as digital mastheads and other Websites.
In addition, the company offers home-delivered shopper media that include free-standing inserts and direct mail products; in-store marketing products and services primarily to consumer packaged goods manufacturers; in-store merchandising services; and digital marketing solutions. Further, it publishes general fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and religious books; and provides sports programming content to approximately 200 channels distributed through cable, satellite, and Internet protocol, as well as broadcast rights to live sporting events. Additionally, the company offers property and property-related services on its Websites and mobile applications, as well as residential and commercial property Websites; online real estate services; and professional software and services products, which comprise Top Producer, FiveStreet, and ListHub. News Corporation was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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IndustryMedia/Entertainment
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No. of Employees28,000
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