Senior Software Engineer at Public Library of Science

PLOS is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Digital team. This role involves collaboratively designing, building, and maintaining cloud-native solutions to advance open science. The Senior Software Engineer will contribute to the development and continuous improvement of digital platforms within a cross-functional product team. This position is fully remote and requires a high level of motivation and a willingness to learn and improve.

Responsibilities:

• Contributing designs, code, tests, and code reviews.
• Participating in agile ceremonies and evolving development practices.
• 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, BigQuery, or similar technologies.
• Experience in developing, shipping, operating, and maintaining web applications.
• Passion for delivering testable, instrumented, and reliable code.
• Strong track record of using and improving agile software development practices.
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures and data pipelines.
• Solid foundation in secure coding practices.
• Understanding of client-side technology (CSS/HTML/JS).
• Experience with continuous delivery methods and using data to inform decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent experience.

What PLOS Offers:

• Fully remote work environment with a stipend for home office setup.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• 25 days holidays (UK).
• Birthday and three winter holidays days off.
• 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year