Scott Rahner
Distinguished Engineer at Dow Jones
Pemberton, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolScott Rahner is a seasoned technology leader and Distinguished Engineer at Dow Jones, overseeing cross-organizational engineering productivity and platform quality across Dow Jones and News Corp. Over a 14-year career, he has built and scaled enterprise platforms, frameworks, and infrastructure to boost developer velocity while reducing costs. He previously led DJ's next-gen AWS platforms and served as IT Manager for the Real-time X team, where he acted as architect, SME, and hands-on hacker to deliver high-impact tools and systems. Earlier, he contributed to major media tooling at WSJ.com, co-writing a Node.js framework and guiding the tech stack that became a gold standard for DJ development. Scott began his journey at UBS as a software engineer and progressed into senior leadership, leveraging formal CS training from Queens College to bridge architecture with business outcomes. Based in Pemberton, New Jersey, he combines technical depth with a focus on scalable, reliable production systems.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Computer Science w/ Honors Business Minor, Bachelors, Computer Science w/ Honors Business Minor at City University of New York-Queens College
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Github Skills (124)
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selenium-webdriver10
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java10
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dowjones/slush-fiveby
Dec 2014 - Aug 2020
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 5 years 8 months
dowjones
vngx/vngx-jsch
Mar 2011 - Jan 2013
Contributions:15 commits, 1 comment, 2 issues in 1 year 10 months
updatedsshssh-libraryjsch
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