Digital Science Hiring for Junior Software Developer Job at London, England Full Time

About us

We are Digital Science and we are advancing the research ecosystem.

We are a pioneering technology company, and our vision is of a future where a trusted and collaborative research ecosystem drives progress for all. We believe in better, open, collaborative and inclusive research. In creating the next generation of tools and working in partnership with the community we tackle some of the biggest challenges to research. In order to achieve our vision, we need innovative, inspiring and dynamic people to join our team. Want to join us?

Symplectic

Symplectic works in pursuit of the advancement of knowledge, delivering software solutions and services that help organisations achieve their research goals. We are a leader in both Research Management and Grants Management with a global and growing client base of prestigious academic institutions, funders, government agencies and other research organisations.

Symplectic is a part of the Digital Science portfolio, collectively seeking to increase the productivity of institutions with smart tools that fuel innovation, opportunity and discovery.

Your new role

As part of the development team, you will play a key role in developing and supporting the company’s software products including the maintenance of existing code and the development of new product functionality and infrastructure tools.

You will be contributing to the delivery of many strategic projects in the Symplectic product development pipeline.

Contributing positively to the overall Symplectic team dynamic

Working collaboratively with Symplectic and Digital Science colleagues on wider company goals as appropriate

What you’ll be doing

Software engineering to maintain existing code and implement new product functionality and infrastructure tools.

Learning about and applying relevant programming technologies, frameworks, paradigms and best practices, and adhering to technical standards.

Producing and maintaining effective test plans, data and scripts as appropriate.

Writing and maintaining associated technical documentation (e.g. Jira ticket content) to internal standards.

Participating in stand-up meetings, planning and design sessions and retrospectives.

Contributing to the planning, design and delivery of product enhancements by working in collaboration with other parts of the Symplectic product development team (product management, UX and QA as well as other developers).

Working with the Support Team to assist with customer support & technical troubleshooting.

Undertaking other development or development-related work as required by the company.

What you’ll bring to the role

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to rapidly learn and apply principles of engineering.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to work well in a cross-functional team

A degree in a technical subject, or equivalent experience.

Our vision and values

We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open, efficient and effective.

The talent we secure is fundamental to us achieving our vision and our growth plans. The values we live by are:

We are brave in the pursuit of better

We are collaborative and inclusive

We are always open-minded

We are from and for the community

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status

About Digital Science Digital Science is a technology company working to make research more efficient.

We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open and effective.

Our portfolio includes admired brands including Altmetric, Anywhere Access, Dimensions, Figshare, ReadCube, Symplectic, IFI Claims, GRID, Ripeta, Writefull, Gigantum and Overleaf.

We believe that together, we can help researchers make a difference.