Senior Software Engineer - FTC

About this role

The position is anticipated to be short-term, and not expected to exceed April 30, 2028. Please note that there is no guaranteed duration of the position, and your employment will be at will and for no fixed duration. As such, it can be terminated by you or the organization at any time, with or without notice or cause, for any reason not otherwise prohibited by law.

*This position is fully remote/home based. Applications will be accepted from candidates based in the UK and the following US states: FL, IL, MA, MD, NY, PA, TX, VA.

Role Summary

PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. The Senior Software Engineer draws on a diversity of experience in software engineering, architecture, and lifecycle management to collaboratively design, build, and maintain modern cloud-native solutions to power the ongoing revolution in open science. A high level of motivation, independence and willingness to constantly learn and improve are necessary to be successful.

This role sits within the Digital team and is part of a team of engineers within the software engineering function.

Responsibilities

• As part of a cross-functional product team, contribute designs, code, tests, code reviews, and excellent judgment towards the development and continuous improvement of our digital platforms.

• Participate in agile ceremonies and evolving development practices of the team.

• Contribute to the overall platform architecture.

• Ensure new work is delivered in alignment with said architecture.

• Establish and support development processes.

• Provide stewardship of the long-term sustainability of our platform and actively manage platform health and technical debt.

Knowledge and Skills

• Significant professional software engineering experience gained in a full stack environment, ideally with experience using Google Cloud, Python, React, Kubernetes, BigQuery, or similar modern technologies.

• Hands-on experience developing, shipping, operating, and/or maintain consumer and/or enterprise we applications.

• Demonstrated passion for delivering testable, instrumented, and reliable code.

• Strong track-record of using and improving agile software development and related design practices.

• Deep understanding and experience of at least one server-side language.

• Expertise in cloud native…