Sr Software Engineer - Search Systems at Clarivate Analytics US LLC in Boston, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Clarivate is a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation. We offer subscription and technology-based solutions coupled with deep domain expertise that cover the entire lifecycle of innovation - from foundational research and ideas to protection and commercialization.

Today, we're setting a trail-blazing course to help customers turn bold ideas into life-changing inventions. Our portfolio consists of some of the world's most trusted information brands, including the Web of Science, Cortellis, Derwent, CompuMark, MarkMonitor and Techstreet.

We employ 5,500 colleagues in more than 40 countries.

Clarivate is a public company. We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker NYSE:CCC.

At Clarivate, we believe human ingenuity can transform the world and improve our future. That's why we harness our global reach, curate our content, and invest in best-in-class technology and people.

Join the team that is improving the way the world creates, protects, and advances innovation.

Derwent Innovation of Clarivate Analytics

Job Title: Sr Software Engineer
Job Summary:

The role of the Sr Software Engineer is to work with Principal Software Engineers, Architects, Tech leads and is responsible for designing, executing, assessing, and troubleshooting System and Applications. This includes configuring, coding, developing, and documenting software specifications throughout the project life cycle of our large heterogeneous data backend applications that include several data sources, a number of servers, developed and run by distributed international team.

Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, develop and deploy Contents and its pipelines and schemas
- Design, develop, test, and deploy new software solutions, enhancements, and bug fixes.
Provide directions for refactoring, code review and training.
- Consistently write, translate, and code software programs and applications according to specifications.
- Run and monitor performance and quality tests on new and existing software for the purposes of correcting mistakes, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging.
- Determine, develop, and maintain user manuals, training materials and documentation.
Plan phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) for a variety of projects.
- Lead in the preparation and documentation of software requirements and specifications.
- Design and implement long-term strategic goals and short-term tactical plans for managing and maintaining software.
- Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts, and recommend technologies that will improve performance and/or functionality.
- Confer with end-users, clients, and/or senior management to define business requirements for application development.
- Model business and application processes based on findings through use case scenarios, workflow diagrams, and data models.
- Lead a small team of Sr Engineers and Engineers and guide & mentor them

Education and Previous Experience:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience in software development
15+ years related experience and/or training

Knowledge & Skills:
- 12+ years' of technical experience with core emphasis in Perl or Python scripting
- 6+ years of experience in C++
- 6+ years of experience in any one of the Search systems like Solr, Elastic Search, Lucene Marklogic, OpenText etc.
- 12+ years transact SQL/stored procedure development experience.Should know how to optimize SQL queries.
- 12+ in Linux, Linux/BSD command line skills, understanding of Linux environment/Kernel calls, network etc
- Hands-on experience with full SDLC.
- Source Code Management systems such as SVN or CVS
- Ability to understand quickly the entire system and all of its interactions, and able to tackle macro problems and dive into the different parts of the system effectively as necessary on short notice
- Effective technical communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment

Other skills
- Must be a self-starter, and able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Must be a Team player, with strong reasoning skills, who is able to effectively influence others, and who possesses excellent collaboration skills.
- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

It is the policy of Clarivate to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Clarivate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities..