Senior Frontend Software Developer (m/f)Location: Berlin

Exciting IT challenges at an academic publisher?Where else but here: at Springer Nature!

Springer Nature is a world leading research, education and professional publisher. You may not be so familiar with our company name, but Springer Nature is home to trusted brands including Springer, Nature Research, BioMed Central, Palgrave Macmillan and Scientific American, as well as a family of respected and specialist imprints.

What’s it actually like to work with us?In the context of our digital strategies, in Berlin we develop new software and optimize our global platforms (e. g. springernature.com, nature.com, springermedizin.de, palgrave.com). Together with colleagues in London, Pune and New York we work to ensure that our customers enjoy access to individual content – every day and from anywhere in the world. Our working philosophy is agile and highly motivated – with the atmosphere and culture of a start-up, embedded in a vital and dynamic publishing group. We strive to make the digital division a place where people and ideas thrive.

The two sides of your job: between daily thrills and a healthy work-life balanceYou’ll contribute to challenging but successful projects, while keeping the needs and interests of the user at the heart of your considerations. You’ll use cutting-edge technology to create applications that simply blow our customers away. And nevertheless, at the end of the day you’ll be home in time for dinner!

Our four Key Practices:

Are you motivated and a “Cloud Native”? Then you could play the lead role in our team and…

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Agile promise: We roll out high-quality services in brief intervals and constantly work to improve our processes and ourselves
  • Collective code ownership: Every team member is welcome to and expected to participate – and that includes decision-making processes
  • With Knowledge Days we ensure that we improve our system and our own performance
  • For us, DevOps isn’t just a buzzword: We actively practice shared responsibility for every link of the tool chain for infrastructure, software quality, delivery and operations. Each of our passionate developers has the opportunity to familiarise themselves with and improve every aspect of our system
  • develop innovative Cloud Native web applications
  • focus on JavaScript, HTML, CSS and have UX in consideration
  • assume responsibility for the entire lifecycle of the web applications you create,
  • make the active, ongoing further development of our platforms one of your priorities
  • A healthy work/life balance
  • Interesting and challenging work
  • A relaxed, positive environment
  • Enthusiastic, supportive colleagues
  • Further development to help you progress your career
  • Flexible hours, a 37 hour week and 30 days annual leave
  • Book discount of 15-40%