Overview As Staff Software Engineer on the Search team in Barcelona, you will architect and implement real-time search APIs and semantic retrieval systems serving millions of users. You lead engineering decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and Brand stakeholders to raise search quality. You'll embrace AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and improve code quality. This role offers impact across products and platforms, shaping how users discover content at Dow Jones.
Compensaciones / Ventajas Healthcare plans for you and family
Extra paid time off (30 holidays/year)
Remote work options (up to 3 months/year or quarterly access)
Design, build, and operate Search APIs and semantic search systems delivering relevant content at scale
Act as technical lead for the Search team, steering architecture decisions and engineering standards
Collaborate with Product Managers and Brand partners to define search quality goals and measure impact
Champion AI coding agents (Claude Code and similar tools) to increase development velocity and quality




Manage infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Chef; maintain CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins
Containerise and deploy services with Docker and Kubernetes for reliability and efficient releases
Requisitos principales 8+ years of software engineering experience
Experience in designing and scaling search or information retrieval systems, including semantic search, embeddings, and vector databases
Experience with Terraform and Chef (infrastructure-as-code) and Jenkins (CI/CD)
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production
Proven technical lead or senior individual contributor, guiding architecture and teams
Experience collaborating with product managers and brand stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable solutions
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field is preferred
Cross-functional collaboration with product and brand teams
Embeddings and vector databases

📌 Senior Staff Software Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Dow Jones
📍 Barcelona