Clarivate™ is a global leader in providing solutions to accelerate the lifecycle of innovation. Working with the scientific and academic community, we empower institutions and libraries to drive research excellence and student outcomes by connecting trusted content, deep expertise, and responsible innovation. Clarivate is home to leading research, education, and library solutions, including Web of Science™, ProQuest™, Ex Libris™ and Innovative™.

We are looking for a Backend Lead Software Engineer to join our team. This position reports to a Technical Manager—you will collaborate on design with stake holders and colleagues—while leading innovations across our ecosystem.

About You-experience, education, skills and accomplishments

A bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent years of experience in the field5+ years of Java development experience5+ years of Spring Boot/SpringCloud2+ years of experience with relational databases and database design using PostgreSQL, MySQL

It would be great if you also have...

Experience using ElasticSearchExperience in Agile methodologies Experience developing in a Linux or Windows environment. Working knowledge of various IDL implementations Experience with REST APIs

What will you be doing in this role?

Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code in accordance with coding standards.Review other code to ensure clean, efficient, and maintainable code. Define architecture of software solution.Implements software for specifications of high complexity for limited scale systems, or medium to high complexity for large-scale systems.Responds to direct or indirect customer inquiries regarding function and design and attends customer meetings.Writes application technical documentation.Participates as a team member on various engineering projects and may lead small projects.

Product you will be developing

The Vega Discover project which is a very forward-thinking engagement and customer relations suite of tools for public libraries, to help library administrators reach out to and involve both their patrons and their communities in with more directed and personalized interactions.

About the team

The team has been together for about 4 years of with highly skilled engineers, based in USA and Europe. The project assignment will be working on the Vega Discover for our Engineering and Project Stakeholders. The team will report to a US-based Manager for guidance and tasking. 

Benefits

Holidays: 25 days paid leave per annum Private Health Insurance Paid Lunch Yearly Bonus Yearly Merit Plan My Learning Platform Fit Pass Life InsuranceAccident InsuranceCompany bicycles for rent free of charge

Hours of Work 

Full-time position, typical hours are until 6PM CEST, to align with the US-East timeframes for reporting purposes. This is a hybrid position working in the office 3 days every other week. 

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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