Remote Lead Engineer

Description:

• This position is fully remote/home based, accepting applications from candidates in the UK and specific US states: FL, IL, MA, MD, NY, PA, TX, VA.
• PLOS is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing open science in research publishing, policy, and practice.
• As Lead Engineer, you will leverage your software engineering, architecture, and team-building experience to design, build, and maintain solutions that support the open science movement.
• You will lead a team of engineers within the Digital team, playing a crucial role in both leadership and coding.
• Supervisory responsibilities include setting high performance standards, monitoring performance issues, and managing team members' personal and professional development.
• Responsibilities involve providing technical leadership, contributing to platform architecture, ensuring alignment with development processes, and managing platform health and technical debt.
• You will participate in a cross-functional product team, contributing to designs, code, tests, and code reviews while engaging in agile ceremonies.
• Ensuring compliance with PLOS policies, standards, and protocols is essential.
• You will also provide input into budgeting, hiring, and performance management functions.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have experience managing engineers, including hiring, retention, and performance management.
• Strong mentoring skills for engineers at various career stages are required.
• A demonstrated passion for delivering testable, instrumented, and reliable code is essential.
• A strong track record in agile software development and design practices is necessary.
• Candidates should have a deep understanding and experience with at least one server-side language.
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures is required.
• Preferred expertise includes data pipelines, event-driven architectures, machine learning, and workflow or actor frameworks.
• A solid foundation in secure coding practices and understanding of client-side technology (CSS/HTML/JS) is necessary.
• Familiarity with continuous delivery methods and technologies is required.
• Experience with system monitoring tools and automated testing frameworks is essential.
• Candidates should be self-directed, flexible, and open-minded, with a strong enthusiasm for learning.
• Problem-solving skills across multiple domains, resilience, and creativity are important.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Significant professional software engineering experience in a full-stack cloud environment is required.
• Hands-on experience in developing, shipping, operating, and maintaining web applications is necessary.
• Excellent verbal and visual communication skills are essential.

Benefits:

• The salary range for this position is US: $145,000-$200,000 and UK: £75,000 - £105,000.
• US benefits include a 401k with employer match, employee-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance (with dental and vision 100% employer paid), paid vacation, 11 public holidays, and sick leave.
• Additional US benefits include parental leave, birthday and three winter holidays off, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year.
• UK benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, personal accident insurance, and a pension with up to 10% employer match.
• UK employees receive 25 days of holidays, market-competitive maternity and paternity leave, birthday and three winter holidays off, and 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year.
• Both US and UK employees enjoy a fully remote work environment with a stipend for home office setup upon joining.