Lead Software Engineer (Java/React)

We are a diverse global team working on complex engineering products that support the world’s innovation, research and science. The IPLM team (100+ people) is part of a larger technology organization, and we build connections across teams to create a strong development community and cross team career growth opportunities. We foster communities of practice and offer opportunities to engage in multi discipline groups looking at how we do software development as well as building specific products and we are always happy to learn new things and share experience.  
 

We would love to speak with passionate engineers who are proficient in Java and the Spring Framework, and who also have some front‑end experience, particularly with React.
 

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments  

• At least 6 years of experience developing web applications following industry best practices, including 5 years of hands-on experience with Java, primarily using Spring and Spring Boot

• Minimum 3 years of experience working with relational databases, preferably Oracle or PostgreSQL

• Minimum 2 years of experience with Frontend technologies, preferably with React

• Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent work experience

• Proficiency in English
   

It would be great if you also had . . .  

• Willingness to leverage AI tools and approaches in development work

• Eagerness to develop skills in the fields of architectural patterns and clean code 

• Agile mindset and the ability to work in a team 
   

What will you be doing in this role? 

• Plan, develop and implement quality software solutions that effectively satisfy business functional and non-functional requirements 

• Adhere and contribute to the Clarivate coding standards for excellence and industry best practices regarding the development processes 

• Work closely with the team and share responsibility of keeping time-commitments 

• Actively participate in group improvement activities and initiatives to improve processes and product quality 

• Continuously lead the improvement and innovation 

• Implement software for specifications of high complexity for limited scale systems
   

Product you will be developing  

IPG applications are designed to securely manage and support operational efficiency and strategic decision-making across the entire IP lifecycle. This drives IP awareness, improves planning and efficiency, and helps to increase market competitiveness across the globe. Unycom IPMS (Intellectual Property Management System) has multiple interfaces and portals. It´s a Java based web application using various frameworks such as React, Spring (AI, Data, Security, etc.) with an Oracle database.
 

About the team

Unycom is a growth product for Clarivate IP. The development team consists of 3 Scrum Teams with about 50 people in total, located mainly in Graz (Austria) and Belgrade. You are working therefore with remote teams using MS Teams, but there´s also an office in Belgrade to meet with local colleagues.
 

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days paid leave per annum 

• Private Health Insurance 

• Paid Lunch 

• Yearly Bonus 

• Yearly Merit Plan 

• My Learning Platform 

• Fit Pass 

• Life Insurance

• Accident Insurance

• Company bicycles for rent free of charge
   

Hours of Work

This is a permanent full-time position, with core engagement hours within the CET time zone. 

This is a hybrid position, you will be expected to work from our Belgrade office 3 days every other week. 

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Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.