Senior Software Engineer
We're looking for a Front-End Software Engineer to join the Mendeley Reference Management team at Elsevier.
Elsevier's mission is to accelerate the pace of research into Science, Technology and Medicine globally. The Mendeley 2 project is rethinking and rebuilding our flagship reference management application from scratch. Our reference manager is currently well loved and used by over 1.5 million scientists and researchers to organise, read, annotate and cite documents; we're planning to take this to the next level.
To accomplish this, we're using cutting edge cross platform (desktop/web) technologies such as Electron, great design, and a Java microservices cloud architecture with a REST API. We deal with a considerable amount of data, including a billion user documents in SQL and NoSQL databases.
Our culture combines Elsevier's 130-year history of serving scientific research with significant investment into research products development, and the Mendeley team which retains much of a start-up atmosphere. This includes a strong focus on end users, highly collaborative ways of working, as well as hack days and Friday beer-o-clock.
We work in cohesive, self-contained teams empowered to deliver every aspect of the user experience. Each team follows an Agile process tailored to their requirements. We practice TDD, pair programming and each team have a full working CD pipeline.
Responsibilities
● Producing high-quality, clean and performant code
● Testing code with automated unit, integration and acceptance tests
● Pairing and code review
● Deploying applications and monitoring their performance
● Translating product requirements into technical software designs
● Breaking software designs into manageable tickets/stories that deliver user value
● Sharing your knowledge and contributing to team discussion on technical practices
● Training and mentoring new team members
What you’ll be doing
● Writing Progressive Web Applications with an emphasis on offline first
• Developing modular JavaScript components with React/Redux
• Implement visual primitives using styled-components
• Using Electron to make installable desktop apps with web technologies
• Writing JavaScript plugins for Google Docs and MS Word
• Collaborating with UX/UI team on devising simple solutions to complex problems
• Working in an autonomous, cross-functional team with a mix of front-end, back-end and full-stack developers
• Working with the product team to refine, estimate and plan delivery of new features
• Follow an agile process (with a small “a”)
What you should bring
● 3-5 years of commercial experience on high traffic websites
● Passion for developing performant and engaging web experiences
● An open and collaborative approach to delivering software
● Commitment to TDD (Test Driven Development) in an agile environment
● Expert knowledge of JavaScript in the browser, on the server and on the command-line (with Node.js, Express etc.)
● Expert knowledge of HTML and CSS
● Strong knowledge of web standards
● Strong knowledge of accessibility issues
● Experience working with version control systems (pull requests, git flow etc.)
● Experience building applications on top of RESTful APIs
● Bonus: Experience with offline web technologies
● Bonus: Experience developing in Java