Senior Software Developer

About Springer Nature 

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About Us  

We are looking for skilled and passionate senior software developers to help us build the best products that enable researchers to access Springer Nature services easily and securely through one account.​ The team is committed to ensuring Login is easy, onboarding is informative and engaging and that a researchers profile data is accurate and under their control.

We work closely with our multiple product teams throughout the organsiation ensuring that their products and services utilise our Identity services through in a standard, policy driven approach.

You will be joining a mature multi-programme product development department that prioritise continuous improvement and shared learning. We value engineering excellence, and believe quality is what helps us go fast. You will work on a system which has dozens of impactful deployments to production every working day. 

Your cross functional team, made up of different nationalities, backgrounds and experience levels, will actively collaborate across roles to deliver solutions to meet the evolving demands of the research integrity domain.  

About Role :

We’re looking for a proactive senior software developer with several years of experience who can help us build the best publication experience in the world. 

The job is based in our Lisbon or Pune location and you will be working with a team based in Pune, Berlin, London, and Lisbon. We offer a mixed remote/office working with up to three days per week working from home.  You'll be part of our bigger community of developers located in the UK, India, Germany and Portugal. 

Visit sndigital.springernature.com to learn more about who we are and what we do. 

About You  

• You are keen to understand the problems we’re solving, curious, and not afraid to ask questions 

• You have several years of experience developing software in Kotlin or Java and have a good understanding of how to build web applications, end to end. 

• You enjoy mentoring less experienced developers. 

• You like working in a collaborative team, where there is collective ownership of the product. 

• You enjoy getting involved with every stage of the software development lifecycle. 

• You would enjoy working in a Test-Driven environment and understand the benefits. 

• You would enjoy pair programming and working in a trunk-based development environment; practising Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. 

• You see the value in developers owning production software and view failure as a chance to learn. 

• You can identify and discuss trade-offs of different technical approaches to a solution  

• You have experience in providing insights into the technical implications or solutions to consider and making it easy for less experienced or less technical colleagues to understand 

• You embrace a learning culture and strive to incorporate best practices and improvements into your daily work  

• You believe in and can articulate our company strategy on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and you want to make Springer Nature Digital a more inclusive environment for everyone 

What you will be doing 

Within 3 Months you will: 

• Get familiar with our technology stack. All our new applications are built in Kotlin using http4k. Our applications are deployed to CloudFoundry using Concourse. 

• Take part in developing new features as a member of the tech team. 

• Get familiar with, and take part in, the team’s agile processes and ceremonies. 

• Coach junior members of the team. 

• Triage support queries and diagnose issues in the live applications. 

By 3-6 months you will: 

• Be a supportive member of the tech team, understanding our end-to-end, developing our infrastructure, including non-functional requirements, and working closely with our technology and Production partners. 

• Have an understanding of the team’s context within the publishing business they are working in. 

• Lead technical discussions with the team in order to improve the product architecture and code quality. 

• Be able to understand and discuss business requirements with stakeholders and Product Owners. 

• Contribute to blameless post-mortems. 

• Take part in the recruiting process, helping to assess applicants across SN Digital. 

By 6-12 months you will: 

• Onboard new members to the team or help other teams on the onboarding process. 

• Transform high level requirements into actionable work. 

• Proactively provide useful and actionable feedback to team members. 

• Become an advocate for defining and implementing non-functional requirements. 

• Influence the design of the system architecture. 

• Be able to explain and visualise the benefits and trade-offs of proposed solutions. 

• Understand our customers’ needs, both internal and external, and how your work affects their experience. 

Day to day responsibilities  

As part of an Agile product team, day-to-day you will: 

• Take part in our daily stand-ups. 

• Contribute to ceremonies like planning, story writing, collaborative design and retrospectives. 

• Develop new features and improve code quality by pair programming with other team members, as well as working independently. 

• Take part in support and monitoring of our websites. 
   

To apply please upload a copy of your CV and cover letter, stating your salary expectations. 

SPRINGER NATURE - springernature.com 

Springer Nature employs more than 10,000 people in over 50 markets, and is home to some of the best-known names in research, educational and professional publishing.  

We value and celebrate the diversity of our people. We recognise the many benefits of a diverse workforce and strive for an inclusive workplace that empowers all our colleagues to thrive. Our search for the best talent fully encompasses and embraces these values and principles. 

Working at the heart of a changing industry, we are always looking for great people who care about delivering quality to our customers and the communities we work alongside. In return, we provide opportunities to learn from some of the best in the business, with a culture that encourages curiosity and empowers people to find solutions and act on their instincts. 

What we offer

The global setup of the team and the organization, our complex system and environment and its variety are giving a chance to further develop yourself while working with team members around the globe, and international stakeholders.

At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent. Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion If you have any access needs related to disability, neurodivergence or a chronic condition, please contact us so we can make all necessary accommodation. For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit https://springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatureCareers

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