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Senior Software Engineer

Dow Jones Barcelona, Spain senior full-time

Salary

45,000 € - 65,000 € per year

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Description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and operate reliable, scalable backend services and platform capabilities that power product experiences, internal tools, and business-critical workflows.

You will lead the development of complex features and systems, improve the performance, reliability, and observability of critical services, and work closely with cross-functional partners to deliver high-impact solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Design & Build: Design, build, and own reliable, scalable backend services, APIs, and platform components, driving the delivery of projects from planning through release with minimal oversight.
  • Collaborate & Optimize: Partner closely with engineering, product, and QA stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions while improving monitoring, alerting, observability, and operational readiness for critical services.
  • Mentor & Lead: Act as a go-to technical contributor for debugging and problem-solving, contributing to architecture decisions and engineering standards, and raising team effectiveness by mentoring junior engineers.

Requirements:

  • 4–6+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend or platform environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience building production-grade backend systems and APIs with proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and Python.
  • Deep experience with AWS services, Linux environments, CI/CD pipelines, microservices architecture, and distributed systems.
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., Redis) and familiarity with data platforms and pipelines.
  • Familiarity with Data platforms and pipelines using Snowflake and modern data orchestration, transformation, and modeling practices.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging for technical and non-technical audiences and connect technical work to business goals.

Benefits:

  • 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)

Skills

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