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Dow Jones Summer 2025 Internship - Software Development, OPIS in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Job Description:

Application Deadline: November 15, 2024

We encourage you to submit your application as soon as you can as internship applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Internship Dates: June 9, 2025 - August 15, 2025 (You must be available to work during this period)

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)

Salary: $25.00 per Hour

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is 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, 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.

Business Area: Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category: Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Union Status:

Pay Range: $25/hr - $25/hr

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company.As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

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Req ID: 43117

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