Job Description
Job Description:
We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.
About the Role:
We are looking for a talented, self-driven Principal Software Engineer with a strong Java background to join and expand our Amman engineering team. This role focuses on backend development within our Content Management System (CMS), supporting how authors worldwide submit and manage research that drives scientific discovery.
As a principal-level engineer, you will lead technical direction while remaining hands-on, contributing to the design and delivery of scalable, high-impact solutions. We value strong technical leadership, ownership, and mindset as much as years of experience.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Lead the architecture, design, development, and maintenance of core backend systems and features
- Drive technical direction and engineering best practices across the team
- Act as a hands-on technical leader, delivering complex initiatives and high-impact solutions
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
- Collaborate with QA and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality releases on time
- Troubleshoot complex issues across development and production environments
- Ensure systems are scalable, maintainable, and reliable through strong design and code reviews
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including refactoring and technical debt management
- Partner with global stakeholders and teams to align technical solutions with business goals
- Foster collaboration across regions, adapting to different time zones and working styles.
What We Look For
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal)
- Proven experience in Java development (typically 5+ years), with strong knowledge of object-oriented design and software architecture
- Solid professional experience in software development (typically 8+ years)
- Hands-on experience with Spring Framework and Hibernate
- Experience building RESTful APIs and web services
- Experience working with messaging systems such as JMS
- Strong understanding of relational databases
- Experience with version control systems such as Git
- Familiarity with unit testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito)
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills
- Ability to lead technical discussions and influence architectural decisions
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize work and deliver in a dynamic environment.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
- Experience with SQL Server or similar RDBMS
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) or cloud platforms (e.g., GCP)
- Experience working in Linux environments
- Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies and ceremonies
- Experience troubleshooting production incidents and performing root cause analysis
- Experience improving system performance and addressing bottlenecks
- Experience leading large-scale technical initiatives or modernization efforts
- Familiarity with front-end styling tools such as Sass
- Knowledge of XML technologies (XQuery, XSLT) and semantic web technologies (RDF, SPARQL)
We power infinite possibilities.
For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere.
We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.
Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.
We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom, Canada and USA based roles.
When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.