Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

PLOS, a non-profit organization dedicated to open science, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer. This role involves collaboratively designing, building, and maintaining modern cloud-native solutions. The Senior Software Engineer will work within the Digital team and contribute to the ongoing revolution in open science.Role involves:

• Contributing designs, code, tests, and code reviews.
• Participating in agile ceremonies.
• Contributing to platform architecture.
• Ensuring alignment with architecture.
• Supporting development processes.
• Managing platform health and technical debt.

Requirements:

• Significant professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with Google Cloud, Python, React, Kubernetes, or BigQuery.
• Experience developing web applications.
• Passion for delivering testable, instrumented, and reliable code.
• Strong track record of using agile software development.
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures.
• Solid foundation in secure coding practices.
• Solid understanding of client-side technology (CSS/HTML/JS).
• Experience with continuous delivery methods.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.

Role offers:

• Fully remote work environment with stipend.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• 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