About the Role:
As a Lead Enterprise Software Engineer, you will independently execute sophisticated software development tasks. Your expertise will drive the creation of robust end-user applications and tools, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance in critical business domains.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and development of intricate software applications.
- Ensure code quality through rigorous code reviews.
- Develop troubleshooting strategies for complex issues.
- Conduct comprehensive performance testing and tuning.
- Create and update extensive technical documentation.
- Oversee the implementation of new technologies and methodologies.
- Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers.
- Ensure successful deployment and configuration of software systems.
- Collaborate on architectural and design decisions.
- Lead initiatives for continuous improvement in software processes.
Required Skills:
- Strong Python programming and DevOps
- Strong AI aptitude and heavy exposure to generative and agentic AI projects.
- Agentic AI is our main focus at the moment, but with AI things change on a fast cadence
- Experience including AI tooling for specification driven development and QA
- API programming
- Automation programming
- Solid exposure and understanding of AWS and/or Azure (preferably both)
- Solid exposure to IaC, preferably via Terraform
- Thought leader
- Strong communication (team, management, and stakeholders)
- Recent relevant industry certifications strongly desired (AI, Python, Cloud, etc.). Note that yearly certifications for FTE Engineers is a requirement.
- This role doesn't have direct reports, but is expected to be able to understand our vision and direction and help lead and mentor the team from an Engineering perspective
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
Skills Required
- Strong Python programming
- DevOps experience
- Strong AI aptitude with heavy exposure to generative and agentic AI projects
- Experience with AI tooling for specification-driven development and QA
- API programming experience
- Automation programming experience
- Solid exposure and understanding of AWS and/or Azure (preferably both)
- Solid exposure to Infrastructure as Code, preferably via Terraform
- Thought leadership in engineering/AI
- Strong communication with team, management, and stakeholders
- Yearly certifications for FTE engineers (maintain relevant certs)
- Recent relevant industry certifications (AI, Python, Cloud, etc.)
- Ability to mentor and lead engineering efforts without direct reports
Wolters Kluwer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away benefits are positioned as broad, spanning vacation and sick time plus paid holidays and other covered leave types. Paid parental and caregiver leave, bereavement leave, and a volunteer day contribute to a more comprehensive time-off offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is framed as meaningful through access to a 401(k)/retirement plan paired with company matching and additional contribution features in some descriptions. This is reinforced by mentions of profit sharing and other long-term savings-oriented programs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented support stands out through adoption assistance and paid parental leave provisions. These benefits are described alongside other caregiver supports that extend beyond basic leave categories.
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What We Do
Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services. Founded in 1836 and headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, the company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 18,600 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer reported 2019 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. Listed on Euronext Amsterdam, Wolters Kluwer shares (WKL) are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
