Staff Engineer

Job Purpose

We are looking to hire an experienced and talented Staff Engineer. You will work as part of a distributed agile team leading the development of one of RWS’s internal systems. As a system that is constantly evolving, you will be a key member of its functional enhancement and its technical evolution. You will work closely with the Systems Product Manager and Lead Engineer to ensure features developed meet business stakeholders' expectations in an ever-changing industry. You will also work closely with other RWS technology teams to develop and enhance integrations with other key RWS systems, both internally developed and commercial products.

 

About Product & Technology

 

Product & Technology plays a pivotal role in aligning the organization with its strategic objectives and enhancing shareholder value. Product & Technology is responsible for establishing unified standards and governance practices throughout the company. Additionally, we oversee the development and maintenance of core applications essential for the seamless operation of various functions across the organization. We are committed to driving and executing future roadmaps that are in line with the overall strategic direction of RWS. 

 

With a global reach, Product & Technology provides support services to over 7500 end users worldwide. We take pride in managing the information security operation and safeguarding all our assets. Our core functions encompass Enterprise & Technical Architecture, Network & Voice, Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Service Operations, Data & Analytics, Security & Quality Compliance, Transformation, Application Development, Enterprise Platforms, With a dedicated team of over 500 staff, Product & Technology ensures a strong presence across all regions, enabling efficient and effective support to our global operations.

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Development, testing, and maintenance of existing and new features for the product.
• Driving technical design, code professionalism, and innovation
• Leading technical solutions
• Reporting progress and identifying, escalating, and removing obstacles that might endanger the agreed release date.
• Reviewing peer deliverables
• Active team participation, including attending daily stand-up meetings
• Assisting functional and technical testers

 

Skills & Experience

 

Essential

• Minimum 3 years of experience with MongoDB, TypeScript, and React
• Experience building event-driven web applications using microservices
• Experience with testing frameworks (Mocha, Jest)
• Experience developing using AI tools

Desirable

• NodeJS
• Redis
• Kubernetes (EKS)
• AWS (EC2, ECR, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, DynamoDB) 

 

Life at RWS

Life at RWS - If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS. 

 

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. 

 

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

 

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics. 

RWS Values 

 

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.

 

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