BASIC FUNCTION
A Development Lead plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of software projects by combining technical expertise
with leadership and management skills to guide and support their team throughout the development lifecycle. They must
simultaneously be a developer by staying intimately involved in the technical work of their team, and a leader, helping to guide
team to realize their potential and further the organization’s goals. A Principal developer can be thought of as a bridge between an
engineering team and management. They are a very senior member of the team who can give technical guidance as well as
mentor developers on the team. As a manager, a dev lead needs to demonstrate leadership. They encourage their developers to
operate at their top potential and work together as a true team.
Development Leads may write code themselves, but much of their time will be used in conducting code reviews of components
being created by other developers. They ensure and manage day-to-day progress as their team tackles their assigned tasks. They
need to have a strong understanding of the overall business priorities for their team and need to be able to advocate for what their
team needs to do their job while also making sure their team delivers on what company management expects.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
· Develop and maintain modern UI SaaS applications using AngularJS, typescript, React.js and NodeJS
· Implement security best practices for web applications, including authentication and authorization mechanisms
· Work with Kibana for log analysis and monitoring
· Optimize UI performance, build responsive applications and ensure cross-browser compatibility
· Participate in Agile development, peer code reviews, estimation and sprint planning.
· Actively participates in architectural discussions and ensures that designs follow the approved architectural patterns.
· Continually learn about new technologies, generate new ideas and improve the use of technology in the product.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, MIS, or related field.
· Tasks and responsibilities:
· Develop and maintain modern UI applications using typescript, React.js, NodeJS and AngularJS
· Implement security best practices for web applications, including authentication and authorization mechanisms
· Work with Kibana for log analysis and monitoring
· Optimize UI performance, build responsive applications and ensure cross-browser compatibility
· Participate in Agile development, peer code reviews, estimation and sprint planning
Experience:
· Minimum of 12 years of experience in the software industry with 5+ years of experience as technical team lead
· Experience in working in agile teams using technologies like AngularJS, React.js, Node.JS, typescript and
different kind of datastores.
· Strong UI expertise, a deep understanding of frontend frameworks, and experience working with modern cloud-
based applications
Key Skills:
· Web Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, TypeScript, ReactJS, and Jest, Mocha, Sinon
· Backend & API Integration: Node.js creation of RESTful APIs (and orchestration)
· Cloud & DevOps: Docker, Jira, Git, Rush, (we use infra as code but run containers for local development)
· Security & Logging: Security Best Practices, ELK, Kibana
· Version Control & Build Tools: GitHub/BitBucket · Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
Mandatory Skills: ·
Strong experience in AngularJS, Typescript, React.js and NodeJS · Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript · Knowledge of Security best practices (e.g., authentication, authorization, secure coding) · Strong experience in Unit Testing (vitest, Cypress) and Logging frameworks
Our Interview PracticesTo 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
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, MIS, or related field
- Minimum 12 years of experience in the software industry
- 5+ years of experience as a technical team lead
- Strong experience in AngularJS, TypeScript, React.js and NodeJS
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Experience creating RESTful APIs and backend integration with Node.js
- Knowledge and implementation of security best practices (authentication, authorization, secure coding)
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with logging and monitoring using ELK / Kibana
- Strong experience in unit and end-to-end testing (vitest, Cypress, Jest, Mocha, Sinon)
- Experience working in Agile teams, code reviews, estimation and sprint planning
- Experience optimizing UI performance, building responsive applications and ensuring cross-browser compatibility
- Experience with version control and build tools (Git, GitHub/Bitbucket, Rush) and issue tracking (Jira)
- Experience working with different datastores and modern cloud-based applications
- Demonstrated ability to participate in architectural discussions and mentor/lead developers
Wolters Kluwer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Wolters Kluwer and has not been reviewed or approved by Wolters Kluwer.
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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.
Wolters Kluwer Insights
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).







