Job description
- ### Job Description – Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Contract)
Publication Management System
### Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to design and develop a modern publication management system from the ground up. This role will contribute across the full technology stack—user interfaces, APIs, business logic, and data layers—to deliver a scalable, intuitive, and maintainable platform supporting publication tracking, curation workflows, reporting, and integrations.
### Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop end-to-end features across frontend, backend, and data layers.
- Build modern, responsive user interfaces for publication management and curation workflows.
- Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and business logic.
- Collaborate with architects to implement modern architectural patterns and design standards.
- Translate business and user requirements into usable technical solutions.
- Implement data models and persistence for complex bibliographic and metadata-driven systems.
- Integrate with internal and external systems
- Write clean, testable, and well-documented code.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Troubleshoot, optimize, and improve application performance and usability.
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### What Success Looks Like
- Delivery of intuitive, high-quality user interfaces and robust backend services.
- Well-architected, maintainable code supporting long-term scalability.
- Strong collaboration with architects, analysts, and stakeholders.
- Contributions that measurably improve usability, efficiency, and system reliability.
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### Nice-to-Have
- Exposure to AI/ML-assisted features, such as metadata enrichment or intelligent classification.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and DevOps tooling.
- Understanding of security, accessibility, and data governance best practices.
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### Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with greenfield development and phased delivery models.
- Familiarity with publication management systems, research information systems.
- Knowledge of scholarly metadata standards such as DOI, ORCID, MeSH, PubMed, or similar.
- Experience building dashboards, reports, or data visualization features.
- Background in research, healthcare, academic, or life sciences environments.
- Proven experience as a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer on enterprise-scale applications.
- Strong proficiency in:
- Frontend: Modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue)
- Backend: Java, Python, Node.js, or equivalent
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Solid understanding of modern software development practices, including:
- Modular or microservices-based architectures
- API-first design
- Agile or iterative development
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases and data modeling.
- Familiarity with cloud-native or hybrid deployment environments.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
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### Required Skills & Experience
