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Your leadership will be pivotal in fostering a collaborative and productive environment, mentoring team members, and contributing to the strategic direction of our technology.\nAbout the team: This team is driving innovation with the best in class Faculty Information Platform\nResponsibilities:\nTechnical Leadership:\nArchitecture and Design: Leading the design and architecture of software solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.\nCode Quality: Establishing and enforcing coding standards, conducting code reviews, and ensuring adherence to best practices.\nProblem-Solving: Providing technical guidance and resolving complex engineering challenges.\nProject Management:\nPlanning: Collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to define project requirements, timelines, and deliverables.\nExecution: Overseeing the execution of projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with project goals.\nRisk Management: Identifying potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them proactively.\nProcess Improvement:\nBest Practices: Advocating for and implementing best practices in software development processes, including agile methodologies, CI/CD, and automated testing.\nFeedback Loop: Establishing and maintain feedback mechanisms to continuously improve development processes and team performance.\nStrategic Vision:\nTechnical Strategy: Contributing to the development of the company’s technical strategy and vision.\nInnovation: Staying abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, incorporating relevant innovations into the company’s technology stack.\nRequirements.\nExperience mentoring and supporting team members, offering guidance on career development and technical skills. Creating a positive and productive team environment, promoting collaboration and continuous improvement.\nExperience managing team workload and allocating resources effectively to meet project deadlines.\nHave the ability and desire to develop in Ruby. Please do not apply without the Ruby/ROR development skill set.\nHave the ability and expertise in communicating project status, technical challenges, and solutions to stakeholders and upper management. Facilitating effective communication within the team, ensuring clarity and alignment on objectives and tasks.\nWork in a way that works for you\n\nWe promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.\n\nWorking flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.\n\nWorking for you\n\nWe know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:\nHealth Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits\nRetirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan\nWellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs\nShort-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity\nFamily Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits\nHealth Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts\nUp to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice\n\nAbout the Business\n\nA global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.\n\n#Hotjob\n-\nThe salary range provided in this posting is the base salary range for Washington DC.$127,400.00 - $212,300.00\nElsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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