Lead Platform Engineer - Web, AI & Cloud

Dow Jones; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

30 days paid time off

Meal vouchers

Retirement plans

Education benefits

Job summary

Dow Jones Barcelona is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, architect and deliver a platform supporting web, mobile and AI across B2C and B2B offerings. You will lead engineers, partner with product, and ensure scalable, reliable products with strong deployment practices.

You will drive architecture, collaborate with Dow Jones and News Corp teams, and mentor developers while shaping the platform’s performance and usability at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering
• 2-4 years in a lead engineering role
• Strong understanding of Javascript and web best practices
• Experience with AI tools for productivity
• Knowledge of software engineering fundamentals

Responsibilities

• Define and implement application architecture models and programming standards with direction setting support.
• Analyze complex technological problems and present cross-team solutions.
• Partner with product to manage scope and deliverables for the technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with engineers across Dow Jones and News Corp to build products and leverage shared tech.
• Handle and oversee deployments to production environments.
• Design and implement developers’ testing, monitoring, change management and implementation.
• Define development standards for applications and services.

Skills

Software engineering

Lead engineer

JavaScript

Node.js

Cloud platforms

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

ExpressJs

React

Redis

NextJs

Terraform

Webpack

Elasticsearch

GraphQL

React-Native

REST APIs

RDBMS

NoSQL

CLI

MCP

Job description

Dow Jones Barcelona is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, architect and deliver a platform supporting web, mobile and AI across B2C and B2B offerings. You will lead engineers, partner with product, and ensure scalable, reliable products with strong deployment practices.

You will drive architecture, collaborate with Dow Jones and News Corp teams, and mentor developers while shaping the platform’s performance and usability at scale.