Full Stack Engineer

Are you passionate about building innovative web solutions?

Do you enjoy turning complex requirements into intuitive, high-quality applications?

About the Team

Join a collaborative Agile team developing technology that will shape the future of peer review and scientific discovery. We’re building an innovative peer review platform designed to improve the experience for researchers, reviewers, and editors.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer, you’ll design, develop, test, and deliver high-quality software as part of a cross-functional Agile team. You’ll take ownership of individual areas of development, solve technical problems, and contribute to the design and implementation of reliable, scalable applications.

You’ll have the opportunity to work across modern technologies, contribute to technical discussions, and continuously develop your skills in an environment that encourages collaboration, learning, and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy applications within a cloud-hosted, distributed environment.
• Contribute to technical and architectural discussions, helping to improve the stability, scalability, and performance of our applications.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering practices, development processes, and delivery pipelines.
• Collaborate with engineers, Product, QA, DevOps, and other colleagues to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements, respond to feedback, and translate business needs into effective technical solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to high engineering standards across the team.
• Learn new technologies and approaches while sharing knowledge and ideas with colleagues.

Requirements

• Has experience with Java and exposure to JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks such as React or Angular, along with SQL. You don’t need to be an expert in everything, but you should be willing to learn.
• Has experience using version control tools such as Git.
• Enjoys collaborating with others to solve problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Is comfortable using modern development environments such as IntelliJ IDEA or Visual Studio Code, including their refactoring capabilities.
• Is keen to contribute ideas for improving engineering practices and ways of working.
• Has experience or an understanding of test-driven development (TDD) and testing/mocking frameworks such as Jest or Mockito.
• Is familiar with collaboration and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Understands Agile development practices, including Scrum and Kanban.
• Has an interest in AI-enabled development and AI-based solutions, with enthusiasm for exploring how these technologies can improve products and engineering practices.
• Has a strong growth mindset and is motivated to continually develop their technical skills and experience.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business

• A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice., your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.