Senior Software Engineer

PLOS

Senior Software Engineer at PLOS, empowering researchers with cloud-native solutions. Collaborating in the Digital team to enhance open science communication.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 £65,000 - £73,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

BigQueryCloudJavaScriptKubernetesPythonReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 web 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 architectures.
Expertise in data pipelines and event-driven architectures preferred.
Expertise in machine learning and machine learning pipelines preferred.
Solid foundation in secure coding practices.
Solid understanding of client-side technology (CSS/HTML/JS)
Experience with continuous delivery methods and technologies.
Experience with using data to inform development decisions.
Ability to collaborate with a variety of functions, personalities and cultures.
Ability to actively listen, ask the right questions and see the underlying meaning in what’s being said and not said.
Flexible and open minded. Energy and enthusiasm for learning.
Problem solving in multiple domains. Resilient, proactive and creative.
Ability to pick up new techniques and technologies quickly.
Pragmatic while maintaining an attention to detail.
Self-directed and capable of working under minimal supervision.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401k with employer match
Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid)
Paid Vacation, 11 public holidays and sick leave
Parental leave
Birthday and three winter holidays days off
Short term and long term disability insurance
2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office
Private medical insurance
Life assurance
Income protection
Personal accident insurance
Pension with up to 10% employer match
25 days holidays, market competitive Maternity and Paternity leave
Birthday and three winter holidays days off
2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonReactKubernetesBigQuerycloud native architecturesdata pipelinesevent-driven architecturesmachine learningsecure coding practicesCSS

Soft Skills

collaborationactive listeningproblem solvingflexibilitycreativityattention to detailself-directedproactivityenthusiasm for learningcommunication