Job Description

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We are on a quest to find a Software Developer to join our team and make the most of working in a fun environment while learning from the best.

About Springer Nature

Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions, is the technology and publishing solutions arm of the Springer Nature Group. We leverage our insight in the publishing domain and acquire, produce and deliver content across media and markets using our Technology and Publishing Solutions. With a focus on technology driven solutions and deep insight in the publishing domain, Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions offers a range of services that help our Group brand acquire, produce and deliver content in the most efficient ways possible. We are ISO 9001 certified, driven by over 1000 professionals in Technology, Research & Analysis and Marketing shared services.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment on the basis of merit alone, without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status

SN Digital (SND) is a technology division of Springer Nature. We are responsible for maintaining and delivering millions of articles used by researchers, scientists and students around the globe.

There are c.230 of us in London, Berlin, Pune, New York, Madrid, Dordrecht, Heidelberg & Lisbon. We work in collaborative, multi-disciplinary delivery teams, developing digital products and services that answer user problems and support business goals. The work is interesting and meaningful. Our culture is collaborative and friendly. We encourage and support growth, both personal and professional. This is a terrific opportunity for friendly, inquisitive people who want to get involved in our work, who love to learn, who will embrace and develop our culture, and help make SNDigital Lisbon a place where people and ideas can thrive. We are intentionally looking to create teams that are diverse and inclusive. We want every member of our teams to contribute to our common goals while respecting each other\'s skills, knowledge and needs.

Years of Experience: 4 to 6 years

Place of Work: 1201/1301, Building No. 5 (R3), Gerra Commercezone, Kharadi, Pune (Working in Hybrid Model)

Educational Qualification: B.Sc., BCA, BCS, B.E., B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA and M.Sc.

The job is based in Pune where you will as part of Springer Nature\'s SN Digital team. You\'ll be part of our big community of developers located in Germany, UK and India, to name a few.

Skill Matrix:

Must Have skills:

Java8

Spring boot

Microservices

Good to have skills:

TDD

Kotlin



Key Responsibilities

• Code sensibly. We don\'t need code golfers. We really love code that we can read and understand. If you code regularly in any of the JVM languages, you can apply right-away!
• Take pragmatic decisions around how work is accomplished. We would like our devs to strike a balance between idealism and fit-for-purpose.
• Understand more than just jargons around Agile, SOLID, KISS, YAGNI. You have seen the best and worst of all different ways of working and understand the need for processes or the need to not have them either.
• Pick up anything out of their comfort zone and see that it gets delivered. You accept and learn from your mistakes. You rejoice in your achievements.
• Curious and confident about learning new languages or tech stacks. We would like that you share your knowledge with our dev community and be happy to learn from them too.
• Be passionate about technology but not crazy about a specific language.
• Ready to work in legacy as well as brand new platforms.
• Communicate politely, professionally and effortlessly with everyone from your peers and business stakeholders to the local chaiwala.
• Have a great working relationship with everyone.
• Have fun at work. Work life balance is just as important to you as it is to us.

What you\'ll be doing

Within 3 months

• Understand the product that your team works on.
• Get the full knowledge of the technical platform that we work on.
• Familiarize yourself with our ecosystem, our CI/CD processes, our ways of working, our support functions and our coffee machine
• Be able to showcase your learnings on the project back to the team.
• Pair with your colleagues on new developments and see to their delivery.
• Participate in the different ceremonies. Understand their purpose. Get acquainted with our stakeholders.

Within 6 months

• Take a lead on how development is done within your project.
• Identify areas of improvement. Identify technical debt. Identify process gaps.
• Have constant communication and feedback with your stakeholders and colleagues.
• Set quality standards for the team and maintain standards for delivery.
• Be active in the dev community.
• Let your knowledge and work shine through.

Within 12 months

• Mentor and train new joinees and existing peers.
• Start organizing/participating in workshops, trainings, hack-days, meetups within the dev community.
• Fine-tune operations within your space.
• Move towards excellence in delivery with added value.
• Actively participate in hiring new talent. We need more people like you!

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At Springer Nature, we value the diversity of our teams and work to build an inclusive culture, where people are treated fairly and can bring their differences to work and thrive. We empower our colleagues and value their diverse perspectives as we strive to attract, nurture and develop the very best talent.

Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work .

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