Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with 5-10 years of experience in JavaScript or Java development, cloud-native technologies, and modern software architecture. The role involves hands-on coding, designing scalable solutions, leveraging AI-driven development practices, and working with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automated testing frameworks. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive engineering best practices, contribute to architectural decisions, and ensure the delivery of secure, reliable, and high-quality software solutions. The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions: Software Development and Technical Contribution: - Write, review, and own production-quality code as an active contributor to the team's codebase; this is a technical, hands-on role. - Champion the use of AI-first software delivery approaches, leveraging AI tools and frameworks to enhance development efficiency, automate repetitive tasks, and improve decision-making. - Advocate for and implement modern engineering practices, such as Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). - Contribute to architectural decisions at the team and system level, balancing pragmatism with long-term maintainability. Delivery and Collaboration: - Help break down complex technical work into well-scoped, deliverable increments. - Contribute as a strong technical contributor within the team, supporting technical discussions and decisions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, including QAs, product owners, architects, designers, and program management to clarify requirements, surface constraints, and align technical solutions with business goals. - Work closely with the Architecture Advice Forum through Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to contribute to cross-team technical strategy, championing evolutionary architecture principles. - Remove technical blockers and escalate risks early to protect team delivery commitments. - Balance delivery pace with technical health, advocating for investment in test coverage, refactoring, and debt reduction. Quality and Engineering Excellence: - Champion test-driven development (TDD), behaviour-driven development (BDD), and automated testing at all levels. - Collaborate with platform teams to establish CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes. - Contribute to the design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and management. - Ensure robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems are in place to maintain system reliability and performance. - Promote security-by-design and advocate for responsible handling of data and infrastructure. Communication and Stakeholder Engagement: - Effectively communicate technical concepts, challenges, and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Participate in cross-functional discussions with stakeholders. - Build trust with internal stakeholders through transparency about risk, progress, and technical decisions. Requirements: - 5 -10 years of professional software development experience. - Deep expertise in at least one modern programming language - JavaScript/Java with strong working knowledge of frontend/backend frameworks. - Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and principles (e. g., SOLID, microservices, event-driven architectures). - Experience with AI tools, frameworks, platforms, and their application in software delivery. - Experience with cloud platforms (especially AWS services), containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). - Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks. - Familiarity with databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data modelling. - Fluency with XP practices: TDD, pair programming, continuous integration, refactoring. - Working knowledge of security principles (secrets management, least privilege). Company Summary Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life. As one of the world's leading publishers of scholarly journals, books, ebooks and reference works our content spans all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Science, and Technology and Medicine. Taylor & Francis is an Informa business. Informa is a multinational information provider for the academic, professional and commercial markets with offices in over 40 countries. From our network of offices in Oxford, New York, Philadelphia, Bangalore, Melbourne, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Stockholm, New Delhi and Cape Town, Taylor & Francis staff provide local expertise and support to our editors, societies and authors and tailored, efficient customer service to our library colleagues. Taylor & Francis Group publishes more than 2,500 journals and over 5,000 new books each year, with a books backlist of approximately 130,000 specialist titles. We are providers of quality information and knowledge that enable our customers to perform their jobs efficiently, continue their education, and help contribute to the advancement of their chosen markets. Why Join Us A global publishing company that believes in doing things differently, we're looking for people with a variety of skills to help us grow and transform our internationally renowned business. Joining us during an exciting time of change, you'll help us to set the pace in the world of digital publishing and work with thousands of authors to make top quality research accessible to more people all around the world. As part of a bright and dynamic team that brings together the worlds of academia and business, you'll be encouraged to challenge, question and take risks to build on our phenomenal growth and continually improve our products and services. Sharing our passion for innovation, technology and publishing, your ideas will be listened to and you'll continually develop your skills in a fun and supportive environment!

Required Skills

[JavaScript, Java, AWS, Python, Golang, React.js, Node.js]

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