Job Description:

Software Engineer II - Backend Development

Team: Content Operations & Management (COM)

Client: Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS)

About the Role:

The Content Operations & Management (COM) team at Massachusetts Medical Society develops and maintains the technology platforms powering NEJM Group publications. We are looking for a Software Engineer II with strong backend development experience in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, XML technologies, and AWS.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain XML processing pipelines, including transformation, validation, and enrichment.

- Build and support content ingestion, delivery, and search solutions using MarkLogic.

- Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs.

- Build and support Node.js/Express.js services using JavaScript or TypeScript.

- Develop event-driven processing pipelines deployed on Amazon EKS.

- Write unit tests, participate in code reviews, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

- Troubleshoot production issues using logs, monitoring, and debugging tools.

Required Skills:

- 6+ years of professional backend software development experience.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

- Strong knowledge of XML technologies (XQuery, XPath, XSLT, XSD).

- Experience with MarkLogic development is highly preferred.

- Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.

- Hands-on experience with Node.js and Express.js.

- Working knowledge of AWS services (S3, SQS, IAM, Secrets Manager).

- Proficiency in Git, GitHub workflows, and CI/CD tools.