Lead Product Software Engineer

Join Wolters Kluwer’s Digital eXperience Group (DXG)

Wolters Kluwer’s Digital eXperience Group (DXG) is the central product technology organization, uniting more than 7,000 professionals under one mission: To drive faster, customer-focused innovation through next-generation technology and lean product development.

The DXG co-creates state-of-the-art digital solutions with businesses around the world. Its mandate is to grow revenue in the company’s digital products through innovation in, and adoption of, advanced technologies and tools to meet and further anticipate customer needs. The group drives innovation through its user experience center of excellence, focused on customer-centric product development, and its artificial intelligence center of excellence, applying cutting-edge technologies for the next generation of expert solutions.

Position Overview

Wolters Kluwer’s DXG division is seeking a highly experienced Lead Product Software Engineer to play a key role in the development of a core platform supporting the Health division. This role reports to the Director of Product Software Engineering for the Lippincott Nursing Solutions platform and will work closely with Business Analysts, Quality Assurance professionals, and other engineers.

The Lead Product Software Engineer is a senior-level position responsible for developing high-quality solutions as well as leading, mentoring, and guiding the day-to-day technical activities of the delivery team. A deep technical understanding of web development technologies and their best practices is crucial for this position. You may be required to present architecture solutions to solve complex problems or develop new business features. These solutions must be reliable, maintainable, and highly scalable to support a 24x7 critical business platform. Passion and curiosity to continue learning new trends and technologies are highly desirable soft skills for this position.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and debug implementations of complex software solutions in Java or NodeJS.
• Lead, coach, and guide a team of senior and junior engineers while assisting with the understanding of business requirements, conducting code review sessions and suggesting improvements, and navigating through the SDLC, including but not limited to:
  • Coding
  • Unit testing
  • Dev testing
  • Working closely with QA partners
  • Coverage/assistance during UAT
  • Deployments
  • Production support/debugging issues
• Instill confidence in your team’s skills and ability to deliver.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Analyze, plan, and estimate simple to complex development tasks.
• Take ownership of a business feature from its technical design, through development, to overall implementation into the platform.
• Multitask as a hands-on developer, producing your own deliverables while assisting and understanding other developers’ tasks and deliverables.
• Plan, prioritize, and effectively complete tasks to meet critical project deadlines.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10 or more years of relevant development experience.
• 5 or more years of industry experience developing web-based applications, preferably leveraging Java or NodeJS.
• Strong experience in cloud native application development (AWS) and hands-on experience with Docker.
• Expert knowledge of modern technologies and software development patterns.
• Experience working with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery and DevOps.
• Understanding of integration/communication between multiple systems/applications.
• Thorough understanding of Git source control.
• Strong experience with different databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.).
• Experience with development of single page applications (Angular) preferred.
• Working knowledge of building and consuming third-party APIs.
• Strong analytical thinking, writing, and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to properly document technical specifications.
• Full understanding of the SDLC and its various stages.
• Knowledge of agile development and practices.
• Experience with Jira preferred but not required.
• Experience with Bitbucket preferred but not required.
• Perfect command of English; Dutch is a plus.

Why Join Wolters Kluwer?

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, providing 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.

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.