Senior Software Engineer

March 8

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PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice. Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing. They cover all scientific disciplines with a focus on fundamental and applied research across life, health, sustainability, engineering, and technology, ensuring that research outputs are rigorous, reliable, and accessible to all.

research • early career researchers • scholarly publishing • scientific research • open science

51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🔬 Science

📋 Description

• This position is fully remote/home based. Applications will be accepted from candidates based in the UK. • This is a 12 month fixed-term contract. • PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice. We believe in a better future where science is open to all, for all. • The Senior Software Engineer draws on a diversity of experience in software engineering, architecture, and lifecycle management to collaboratively design, build, and maintain modern cloud-native solutions to power the ongoing revolution in open science. A high level of motivation, independence and willingness to constantly learn and improve are necessary to be successful. • This role sits within the Digital team and is part of a team of engineers within the software engineering function.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant professional software engineering experience gained in a full-stack environment, ideally with experience using Google Cloud, Python, React, Kubernetes, BigQuery, or similar modern technologies. • Hands-on experience developing, shipping, operating, and/or maintaining consumer and/or enterprise web applications. • Demonstrated passion for delivering testable, instrumented, and reliable code. • Strong track record of using and improving agile software development and related design practices. • Deep understanding and experience of at least one server-side language • Expertise in cloud-native architectures. • Expertise in data pipelines preferred. • Expertise in event-driven architectures preferred. • Expertise in machine learning and machine learning pipelines preferred. • Solid foundation in secure coding practices. • Solid understanding of client-side technology (CSS/HTML/JS) • Experience with continuous delivery methods and technologies. • Experience with using data to inform development decisions. • Ability to collaborate with a variety of functions, personalities and cultures. • Ability to actively listen, ask the right questions and see the underlying meaning in what’s being said and not said. • Flexible and open minded. Energy and enthusiasm for learning. • Problem solving in multiple domains. Resilient, proactive and creative. • Ability to pick up new techniques and technologies quickly. • Pragmatic while maintaining an attention to detail. • Self-directed and capable of working under minimal supervision.

🏖️ Benefits

• 401k with employer match • Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid) • Paid Vacation, 12 public holidays and sick leave • Parental leave • Birthday and three winter holidays days off • Short term and long term disability insurance • 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year • Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office • Private medical insurance • Life assurance • Income protection • Personal accident insurance • Pension with up to 10% employer match • 25 days holidays, market competitive Maternity and Paternity leave • Birthday and three winter holidays days off • 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year • Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office