Manager, Software Engineering

Job Description:

About Our Organization: 

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 news-gathering 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, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV). 

About the Team: 

Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Technology, Engineering, Data, Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions, we shape the digital landscape for our customers, readers, and users. From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data, mobile, video, and social platforms, our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners, we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies. 

About the Role: 

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Manager to lead and manage a small but dynamic team responsible for developing, maintaining, scaling, and securing our data infrastructure. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our data pipelines and infrastructure, empowering our teams to make data-driven decisions with confidence.

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Technical Operations of the Dow Jones Technology team. If you’re passionate about DevOps, data systems, and building high-performing teams, this role is for you!

You Will: 

• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of DevOps and data infrastructure engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Work closely with data engineering, analytics, and product teams to align infrastructure with business needs. 

• Make independent decisions for the team; act as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders to communicate system capabilities and limitations.

• Understand and practice agile software development and management with an eye to efficient cost management.

• Ensure systems comply with industry best practices for security and regulatory standards.

You Have: 

• Strong experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Deep understanding of data infrastructure tools (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, or equivalent).

• Experience with monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or a similar role with 1+ years of experience leading or managing technical teams.

• An undergraduate degree in computer/data science or related field is a plus.

Our Benefits 

● Comprehensive Healthcare Plans 

● Paid Time Off 

● Retirement Plans 

● Comprehensive Insurance Plans 

● Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources 

● Education Benefits 

● Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support 

● Commuter Transit Program 

● Subscription Discounts 

● Employee Referral Program 

Learn more about all our US benefits 

Updated April. 2024

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.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, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union / A clear and likely internal candidate

Pay Range: $145,000 - $180,000

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..