Lead Product Software Engineer

#BETHEDIFFERENCE

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join Wolters Kluwer and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software & information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most.

You’ll be supported by collaborative colleagues who share a purpose. We are 21,000 people unique in our dreams, life stories, abilities, and passions who come together every day with one ambition: to make a difference.​ We do our best work together, connecting to create new innovations with impact.

As our Lead Product Software Engineer, you are responsible for writing, testing, delivering, and supporting a working multi-tenant global system for API publishing in Wolters Kluwer.

As a member of our development team, you help the good functioning of the team in terms of software solution delivery, quality and support. You are primarily a backend service developer, but you are not shying away from some smaller front-end tasks.

You'll play a role in the design decisions, estimation, implementation, and delivery of the system.

The team you are joining is distributed across Netherlands (Alphen aan den Rijn), East-Europe (Poland, Hungary) and India (Pune).

We are looking for somebody with a mindset to develop in the full vertical, and if experience is missing, the willingness to acquire the knowledge.

The project’s architecture includes the following domains:

• A frontend portal for discovery and self-service management for several roles in the API product publishing landscape (Javascript/Typescript/Angular)
• A ‘control plane’ with several micro-services to serve the front-end and data plane needs (Java/MySQL/Javascript/Typescript)
• Several ‘data planes’ with gateways and adapters that front-end WK APIs (Envoy/Lua/Java/Kubernetes/Redis)

Responsibilities:

• Develop new features in the backend micro-services in Java
• Maintain existing code across several micro-services when bugs or improvements are needed
• Update (small) client changes in TypeScript. Larger client changes will be delegated to experts, but some level of JavaScript/TypeScript is highly desirable.
• Take ownership of the functional quality your features by writing several levels of testing in Java unit tests and a WK, JavaScript based integration test framework
• Understand and maintain your component’s deployment descriptors (Kubernetes, Docker Compose)
• Document your designs by elaborating on several alternative approaches and analyzing pro’s and con’s for each and presenting your findings to the teams and leadership for decision making
• Demonstrate your delivered feature in a regular all-team demo session
• Participating in Agile ceremonies like standups, estimation, elaboration, retrospectives and PI planning and represent the work assigned

Requirements:

• Relevant experience and knowledge in software development

Technologies you'll be working with will include:

• Java
• Javascript/Typescript
• Envoy proxy
• Kubernetes
• AWS and Azure cloud services
• ArgoCD/ArgoWorkflow
• Jinja2 templating
• Lua scripting
• Open Policy Agent
• Observability tools (Kibana, Grafana)
• Business Intelligence Data management (AWS S3/Glue/Athena, MS PowerBI)
• Some level of proficiency with each technology or with similar technologies is desirable, but at least you can show a track record in a project of similar complexity where you had a role that touched these technologies or similar

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Be the Difference

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day.

We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world.

You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer reported 2023 annual revenues of €5.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,400 people worldwide.

Our customers work in industries which impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the information, software solutions, and services they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and save time.

Our expert solutions combine deep domain knowledge with technology to deliver both content and workflow automation to drive improved outcomes and productivity for our customers.

We are committed to helping professionals improve the way they do business and solve complex problems with our range of digital solutions and services, which we continuously evolve to meet their changing needs. Our 188-year legacy and portfolio represent thousands of customers worldwide.

Building Diverse Teams

As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. We know that bringing our best to our customers, communities, and other key stakeholders requires a highly engaged and talented workforce – one that represents the diversity of those we serve and the communities where we live and work.

We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.

This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.

Our Global Well-being Program

At Wolters Kluwer, you’ll feel valued for your contributions, and you’ll know that your health, safety, and well-being are important to us. Our well-being benefits provide tools, programs, and resources to help our diverse employees feel healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous.

In 2024 we were awarded Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization, in recognition of our commitment to maintaining and enhancing the well-being of our colleagues through our ‘Together we thrive’ well-being program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To ensure we continue to drive innovation that enables us to develop products and services to best serve our customers, we cultivate a workplace culture rooted in mutual respect, bringing forward insights from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We are also committed to complying with laws requiring equal opportunity in hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information

#BETHEDIFFERENCE

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join Wolters Kluwer and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software & information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most.

You’ll be supported by collaborative colleagues who share a purpose. We are 21,000 people unique in our dreams, life stories, abilities, and passions who come together every day with one ambition: to make a difference.​ We do our best work together, connecting to create new innovations with impact.

As our Lead Product Software Engineer, you are responsible for writing, testing, delivering, and supporting a working multi-tenant global system for API publishing in Wolters Kluwer.

As a member of our development team, you help the good functioning of the team in terms of software solution delivery, quality and support. You are primarily a backend service developer, but you are not shying away from some smaller front-end tasks.

You'll play a role in the design decisions, estimation, implementation, and delivery of the system.

The team you are joining is distributed across Netherlands (Alphen aan den Rijn), East-Europe (Poland, Hungary) and India (Pune).

We are looking for somebody with a mindset to develop in the full vertical, and if experience is missing, the willingness to acquire the knowledge.

The project’s architecture includes the following domains:

• A frontend portal for discovery and self-service management for several roles in the API product publishing landscape (Javascript/Typescript/Angular)
• A ‘control plane’ with several micro-services to serve the front-end and data plane needs (Java/MySQL/Javascript/Typescript)
• Several ‘data planes’ with gateways and adapters that front-end WK APIs (Envoy/Lua/Java/Kubernetes/Redis)

Responsibilities:

• Develop new features in the backend micro-services in Java
• Maintain existing code across several micro-services when bugs or improvements are needed
• Update (small) client changes in TypeScript. Larger client changes will be delegated to experts, but some level of JavaScript/TypeScript is highly desirable.
• Take ownership of the functional quality your features by writing several levels of testing in Java unit tests and a WK, JavaScript based integration test framework
• Understand and maintain your component’s deployment descriptors (Kubernetes, Docker Compose)
• Document your designs by elaborating on several alternative approaches and analyzing pro’s and con’s for each and presenting your findings to the teams and leadership for decision making
• Demonstrate your delivered feature in a regular all-team demo session
• Participating in Agile ceremonies like standups, estimation, elaboration, retrospectives and PI planning and represent the work assigned

Requirements:

• Relevant experience and knowledge in software development

Technologies you'll be working with will include:

• Java
• Javascript/Typescript
• Envoy proxy
• Kubernetes
• AWS and Azure cloud services
• ArgoCD/ArgoWorkflow
• Jinja2 templating
• Lua scripting
• Open Policy Agent
• Observability tools (Kibana, Grafana)
• Business Intelligence Data management (AWS S3/Glue/Athena, MS PowerBI)
• Some level of proficiency with each technology or with similar technologies is desirable, but at least you can show a track record in a project of similar complexity where you had a role that touched these technologies or similar

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Be the Difference

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day.

We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world.

You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer reported 2023 annual revenues of €5.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,400 people worldwide.

Our customers work in industries which impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the information, software solutions, and services they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and save time.

Our expert solutions combine deep domain knowledge with technology to deliver both content and workflow automation to drive improved outcomes and productivity for our customers.

We are committed to helping professionals improve the way they do business and solve complex problems with our range of digital solutions and services, which we continuously evolve to meet their changing needs. Our 188-year legacy and portfolio represent thousands of customers worldwide.

Building Diverse Teams

As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. We know that bringing our best to our customers, communities, and other key stakeholders requires a highly engaged and talented workforce – one that represents the diversity of those we serve and the communities where we live and work.

We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.

This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.

Our Global Well-being Program

At Wolters Kluwer, you’ll feel valued for your contributions, and you’ll know that your health, safety, and well-being are important to us. Our well-being benefits provide tools, programs, and resources to help our diverse employees feel healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous.

In 2024 we were awarded Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization, in recognition of our commitment to maintaining and enhancing the well-being of our colleagues through our ‘Together we thrive’ well-being program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To ensure we continue to drive innovation that enables us to develop products and services to best serve our customers, we cultivate a workplace culture rooted in mutual respect, bringing forward insights from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We are also committed to complying with laws requiring equal opportunity in hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and we do not tolerate discrimination on any of these bases.