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JOB DESCRIPTION

Derwent – Tech Lead Full Stack

Clarivate Analytics helps innovators, scientists, professors – anyone associated with creating intellectual properties – with insights to make better decisions. A $1 billion company listed in the New York Stock Exchange (symbol CCC), we are HQ’d in Philadelphia with key offices in the UK, Europe, China, India and Japan. Our products are built on unique content sets that are curated by Clarivate Analytics and sold as a subscription. In India, we are a 1500+ strong organization with offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and NCR. Bangalore is our India Technology hub, hosting close to 600 colleagues

Clarivate Analytics’ clients are the trailblazers and risk takers who come up with life-changing ideas. We’re looking for our own trailblazers to help us keep providing clients some of the world’s most trusted brands, spanning scientific and academic research, patent analytics, pharmaceutical and biotech intelligence and IP management. If you’re excited by the thought of helping people and organizations go from new ideas to life-changing innovations faster, we’re excited to explore your fitment in our organization.

Built by IP experts and data scientists, Derwent is a market-leading patent research and analytics platform delivering access to globally trusted patents and scientific literature. Our enhanced content, proprietary search and data intelligence technology helps a global community of more than 40,000 innovators and legal professionals find answers to complex questions.

Lead developer in Derwent product group is an individual contributor responsible for the development and delivery of new product features or enhancing existing product features. You will report to a tech lead, implement and deliver assigned tasks as per business priorities. You will work closely with architects, QA and other stakeholders in the organization to achieve business objectives of the organization.

Role and Responsibilities:
Hand-on first level management position responsible for the development team including their deliverables, performance and year-end performance reviews.

Provide hand-on technical leadership to the team.

Design and develop product features as per business priorities.

Review product requirement to identify gaps and refine requirements, help in developing execution strategy, provide time estimates, provide testing requirements, implement and deliver the solution.

Conduct code review and advocate best coding practices.

Works for resolution of technical impediments by collaborating with appropriate stakeholders, proposing, developing and delivering resolutions.

Ensures each product meets required quality standards, identifies potential risks in quality and works with leadership in creating mitigation plans.

Leads defect triage meetings. Works with support and consulting teams in resolving customer issues. Interacts with customers as required in understanding, reproducing, and troubleshooting customer issues

Provides training, guidance, feedback, coaching and mentorship to fellow engineers.

Ensures each product meets required quality standards, identifies potential risks in quality and works with leadership in creating mitigation plans.

Work in an agile, rapid development and prototyping environment where effective communication is paramount.

Skills and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, or Engineering, (strongly preferred), or equivalent work experience.

Highly proactive, result-oriented and team player.

Hand-on technical leader with 9+ years of experience in software development of complex distributed system.

At least 2 years of experience in leading a small team of developers.

Must be hand-on technical leader with ability to code 100% of time,

Experienced Ruby on Rails Developer

Strong knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (ElasticSearch/Redis)

Experience with front-end web development (HTML, ERB, JavaScript, JQuery, Coffee, CSS, SASS, etc.)

Strong understanding/expertise in building REST APIs

Knowledge of RSpec and MiniTest, experience with Capybara is a plus

Understanding of container technology.

Understanding of agile software development

Familiarity with automated testing platforms

Experience in building application for Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Expertise in architectural styles and design patterns

Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with specific experience and demonstrable success with the full software development lifecycle and using the Agile Development processes

Successful track record as a ‘hands on’ technical leader, building and managing teams to a level of top-notch professionals

Expertise in independently evaluating tools, technology, and framework based on product requirements.

Good analytical and problem-solving skills

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.