Software Development Intern
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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 Role
We are looking for a creative and motivated person to join our team as a Software Development Intern.
As a member of the OPIS Development team, you’ll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with existing OPIS project teams on currently prioritized projects with experienced Software developers.
Your work will span front-end development, .Net development, and/or SQL development, depending on your skill set and project needs, allowing you to make meaningful contributions while driving innovation and optimizing solutions that will impact a wide audience.
You will be assigned to the OPIS Wholesale, Retail, or Internal development team, where you’ll collaborate with and learn from highly skilled engineers while also sharing your knowledge throughout the experience.
This is a hybrid role, based in our Gaithersburg, MD office.
You Will
• Gain real-world product development experience
• Be part of the Agile project life cycle to learn how OPIS teams work together
• Develop, review and deploy code to test and production environments
• Be able to prioritize and manage work, adhering to project timelines in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment
• Learn about new technologies and be able to present pros and cons of adoption in terms of business value, scalability, maintainability, and project delivery performance
• Analyze complex technological problems and present solutions
• Work with a mentor to improve technical and soft skills in a professional environment
You Have
• Completed at least two years towards your Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related fields
• Familiarity with object oriented programming
• A strong desire to learn and grow.
• .Net coding experience (preferred)
• SQL knowledge (preferred)
