Senior Product Software Engineer

Senior Product Software Engineer

At Wolters Kluwer, Senior Product Software Engineers play a critical role in shaping the products that professionals rely on every day. In this role, you bring strong technical expertise, sound judgment, and a collaborative mindset to deliver high‑quality, secure, and customer‑focused software solutions.

About the Role

As a Senior Product Software Engineer, you will take ownership of complex engineering initiatives, lead the design and development of product features, and contribute to strategic technical decisions. 
 

Key Responsibilities
Product & Technical Delivery

• Lead the design, implementation, and enhancement of software applications using modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Apply strong coding, testing, and documentation practices. 
• Optimize performance, reliability, and usability by identifying bottlenecks and applying engineering best practices.
• Contribute to high‑level architectural discussions as well as hands‑on implementation. 

DevOps, CI/CD, and Operational Excellence

• Build and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure‑as‑code leveraging Terraform, Ansible, and related tooling. 
• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, or Azure DevOps to support frequent, reliable delivery.
• Implement secure development and deployment practices, including secrets management and certificate‑based security.
• Partner closely with DevOps and Release Management teams to coordinate deployments with minimal risk.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Product Management, QA, UX, Customer Support, and peer engineering teams to refine requirements and ensure delivery quality. 
• Communicate updates, decisions, and risks clearly and promptly 
• Promote a respectful, inclusive, and supportive environment 

Agile Ways of Working

• Lead and Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to transparent progress through sprint metrics and documentation. 
• Influence team processes that drive continuous improvement and predictable delivery.

Quality Engineering & Testing

• Ensure code quality through thoughtful testing strategies, including automated testing where appropriate. 
• Partner with QA on comprehensive test coverage and production readiness.
• Support release readiness reviews and contribute to post‑release retrospectives.

Data, API, and Integration Work

• Design and maintain secure, scalable APIs and integration points. 
• Work with relational databases, prepare data for analytical workflows, and ensure data quality and integrity.

Qualifications & Experience
 

Required:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science 

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience 
• Strong proficiency in languages such as Java, J2EE, XSLT, XML. 
• Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes). 
• Ability to work across functions like Quality engineering, Support and Operations

Preferred

• Experience working with geographically distributed teams. 
• Familiarity with statistical or mathematical problem‑solving in applied software contexts. 
• Exposure to large‑scale enterprise SaaS architecture.
   

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation:

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position.  Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process. 

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.