Software Engineer II, Search

Dow Jones — United States · Posted ~6 hours ago

Mid Full-time Onsite

Skills

backend software development API development scalable distributed systems semantic search lexical search backend APIs distributed systems

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join a technology team developing search infrastructure for digital content consumed by millions of users. You will design and own scalable backend services, APIs, and search systems, working with cross-functional teams to improve relevance and deliver reliable user experiences.

Highlights

Build reliable, scalable search infrastructure serving millions of users. The role combines backend engineering, search technology, data, and product collaboration while offering ownership of important platform components.

Description

Evergreen pipeline About The Team Our Technology team drives the evolution of our 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 looking for a Software Engineer to join our Search team in New York. You will design and build the search APIs, semantic and lexical search systems that connect millions of users with the most relevant content across our digital products. You Will 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. You Have 2-4 years of professional software engineering experience in backend or platform environments.Experience designing and scaling search or information retrieval systems, including familiarity with semantic search, embeddings and vector databases.Experience implementing RESTful APIs following industry standards.Experience implementing, testing, deploying, troubleshooting and supporting multi-region, multi-environment systems with CI/CD, high availability and disaster recovery.Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Chef) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins).Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerised deployments in production environments.Comfort adopting AI-assisted development workflows.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience is preferred. Our Benefits Comprehensive Healthcare PlansPaid Time OffRetirement PlansComprehensive Insurance PlansLifestyle programs & Wellness ResourcesEducation BenefitsFamily Care Benefits & Caregiving SupportCommuter Transit ProgramSubscription DiscountsEmployee Referral Program Equal Opportunity Employer 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 under applicable law. EEO/Disabled/Vets Reasonable Accommodation We are 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 or participating in an interview due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. 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. Please refer to the privacy notice at the bottom of this page for submitting any data access, deletion, or other data subject rights requests, where permitted under your local laws and regulations. Business Area: Dow Jones - Technology Job Category: Software Product Engineering Union Status Non-Union role Base Pay Range: $90,000 - $110,000 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 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: 55287