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Job Description:
The Audio and Video Engineering team is looking for an Engineering Manager who wants to be part of an engineering team that works closely with our Product, Editorial, and other technology and business partners across Dow Jones. At Dow Jones, everyone has the opportunity to come up with new ideas and our engineering teams play a critical role in all stages of the product life cycle. Our ideal candidate will be someone with experience developing and maintaining media platforms.
As the manager of the Audio and Video team, you will work collaboratively with engineers and business stakeholders, across all brands and groups at Dow Jones, including our Emmy Award winning team at The Wall Street Journal. You’ll partner closely with our Product team to keep the team running smoothly, and collaborate with other managers, Product Owners, and engineers across Dow Jones on ways to share knowledge, services, and technologies.
Key Responsibilities
Manages a team of developers
Key technical partner to stakeholder groups and brands across Dow Jones
Leads and helps coordinate projects
Helps to prioritize and manage work for your team of engineers
Evaluates and develops engineers
Skills & Experience
7+ years total experience in Software Engineering, with experience delivering digital media solutions
1+ years leading or managing and motivating a Software Engineering team
Working knowledge of audio/video codecs and transport formats
Understanding of media management, storage systems and best practices
Experience with commercial OVP’s, media monetization, and analytics platforms
Familiarity with web technologies such as Node.js and React
Experience with cloud computing via AWS or another cloud provider
Understanding of microservices or service-oriented architecture
Experience with Agile Development methodologies (SCRUM)
Proven ability to analyze, separate, and estimate effort associated with various technical solutions
Ability and desire to interact with technical and non-technical groups, spanning all organizational levels
Company Overview:
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 125 years and today has one of the world’s largest news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.
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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
Union Status:
Non-Union role
NYC Pay Range: $65,000 - $200,000
We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.
For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
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.
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Req ID: 34956
