Senior, Software Engineer
First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 2026. Wiley scores A on the Alion truth index.
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 whats possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact challenges and drives whats next to power infinite possibilities for our customers colleagues and society at large.
About the Role:
We are looking for talented self-driven engineers with a strong Java background to join and expand our Amman engineering team focusing on backend development within our Content Management System (CMS). We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering team and make a meaningful impact on how authors worldwide submit and manage research that drives scientific this is a senior-level role we value the right skills mindset and sense of ownership over years of experience alone.How will you make an impact:
Architect design develop and maintain key systems and features.
Help the Software Quality Assurance team as part of the Scrum team to deliver high-quality releases on time.
Learn and follow Agile Scrum methodology for software development and participate in Scrum ceremonies.
Troubleshoot issues in systems under test and production environments.
Conduct design and code reviews.
Work with back-end APIs and components.
Continuously improve code quality by performing refactoring and managing technical debt.
Demonstrate willingness to work with team members from different regions countries and time zones.
Ability to debug issues efficiently and effectively.
What we look for:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Strong organizational skills and oral/written communication skills in English.
5 years of experience in Java development including related technologies with a strong grasp of object-oriented design and core programming fundamentals.
5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
Ability to define and manage repository structure and branching strategies while conducting thorough code reviews to ensure high coding standards and maintainable software.
Hands-on experience with the Spring framework and Hibernate.
Familiarity with writing unit tests using tools such as JUnit Mockito etc.
Experience building RESTful APIs and web services is a plus.
Experience with JMS.
Familiarity with version control systems like Git is required and hands-on experience with Linux operating systems is desirable.
Strong object-oriented software analysis and analytical skills.
Good understanding of relational databases.
Team player who enjoys working in a dynamic environment and has a positive attitude toward learning new things.
Demonstrated ability to balance and prioritize activities to ensure critical items are completed.
Strong experience with SQL Server or similar RDBMS is required.
Familiarity with Sass.
Experience with Jenkins GitHub Actions or GCP is a plus.
Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodology for software development.
Experience troubleshooting production incidents performing root cause analysis and addressing performance bottlenecks to improve system stability.
Familiarity with XML technologies (XQuery XSLT etc.) as well as RDF and SPARQL is a plus.
We power infinite possibilities.
For more than 200 years weve transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today our global team of innovators creators and experts is driving whats next in science education and publishingcreating impact that reaches everywhere.
Were not just observers of progress. Were 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 individuals 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 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.
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