Lead Software Engineer
Lead a multinational engineering team to ensure the availability of energy services. You will mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and implement complex code using C# and cloud technologies.
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● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related STEM field or equivalent work experience.
● 3-5 years of industry software engineering experience building and operating
production systems.
● Strong Python skills and experience building scalable backend services and REST or
GraphQL APIs.
● Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g., AWS and GCP),
Docker, and the Git version control system
● Exposure to deploying and monitoring machine learning models or generative AI
systems in production environments, including automated evaluation pipelines.
● Familiarity with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, or equivalent
agentic/orchestration frameworks.
● SQL proficiency and experience with data pipeline tooling (Airflow or equivalent).
● Exposure to MLOps tooling - model deployment, monitoring, experiment tracking,
evaluation pipelines - is a strong plus.
Comprehensive Healthcare Plans for you and your family (paid by Dow Jones)
Extra paid Time Off (30 days of holidays/year)
Possibility to work remotely for 3 months/year (desplazamiento program) or one week of remote work per quarter
Meal benefit with Pluxee (171€/month on top of your salary)
Retirement Plans (Dow Jones will pay 2% of a members Pensionable Salary and match employee contribution up to a maximum of 3 %).
Comprehensive Insurance Plans
Well-being Resources (200 USD allowance per quarter, Classpass, etc.)
Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
Subscription Discounts
Employee Referral Program (2,500 USD for referring a talent)
Learn more about us and our benefits click here .
Base Pay Range: 45,000 € - 65,000 €
We're committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate's experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.
For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.
For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.
Dow Jones is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our GenAI Experiences team in
Barcelona. In this role, you will take end-to-end technical ownership of complex features
and systems, driving delivery with limited supervision and serving as a key technical
contributor on the team. You will partner closely with data scientists, ML engineers, product
managers, and peer engineering leads to design and ship reliable, scalable AI-powered
products.
This is an individual contributor role for an engineer who is ready to lead technically on
large-scope projects, influence engineering direction, and mentor colleagues - while
remaining deeply hands-on in design, implementation, and production operations.
● Design, build, and own end-to-end delivery of AI-powered features across the GenAI
Experiences platform - from backend APIs and data layers to user-facing
integrations.
● Partner with product managers, data scientists, and engineering leads to translate
business requirements into reliable technical solutions, and surfacing risks and
tradeoffs.
● Integrate internal and third-party LLM and AI APIs to extend system functionality
and deliver new product capabilities.
● Develop tools and frameworks for prompt management, automated evaluations, and
observability.
● Improve team processes - code quality standards, testing practices, observability,
and CI/CD pipelines.
● Monitor and improve production AI systems for reliability, performance, and quality
- troubleshooting issues across the full stack.
● Integrate third-party AI APIs (internal and external) to extend the functionality of
systems.
● Participate in code reviews, apply MLOps best practices, and contribute to team
standards for model versioning, experiment tracking, and CI/CD.
● Stay updated on developments in fullstack engineering for GenAI and IR
technologies, incorporating best practices and leveraging cloud infrastructure for
efficiency.
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest newsgathering operations globally.
It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).
Req ID: 55630
Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, best known for The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, and professional information services like Factiva and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance. Founded in 1882, the company serves financial, corporate, and media clients worldwide, with a strong focus on data-driven journalism, financial analytics, and risk management solutions. With a workforce of several thousand employees, Dow Jones operates across major financial hubs globally, delivering critical news and data to professionals and consumers.
In Spain, Dow Jones maintains a significant presence, particularly in Barcelona, where it operates a major office focused on editorial, data, and technology roles. The company's Spanish operations are integral to its global risk and compliance data services, as well as product and engineering teams. For international professionals, Dow Jones offers a multicultural work environment, opportunities to work on global products, and a strong emphasis on innovation and data accuracy. The Barcelona office is part of a global network, providing a dynamic setting for career growth in a leading media and information company.
Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Engineering, Data, Product and User
Experience functions. Within this group, the GenAI Experiences team builds generative AI
products that define the future of news and business intelligence for millions of users across the
Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones brands. Through our Co-Engineering model, we develop
production-grade AI capabilities - including summarization, conversational AI, and deep
research experiences - in close partnership with Product, Newsrooms, and platform teams.
Collaborating across disciplines, we spearhead the development of groundbreaking AI-powered
products and technologies.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups.
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