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Remote, GBR, United Kingdom
Remote only
Job Description:
We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.
About the Role:
Wiley Science Solutions
Wiley Science Solutions builds and maintains the world’s most trusted spectral and chemical intelligence platforms. Our databases contain millions of rigorously curated spectra across mass spectrometry (MS), infrared (IR), Raman, NMR, and UV‑Vis—used every day by scientists who depend on correctness, performance, and traceability.
At the center of this ecosystem is KnowItAll: a long‑lived, high‑performance Windows application that integrates spectral analysis, chemical data management, searching, and visualization across many techniques and file formats. KnowItAll is not a thin front‑end—it is a deeply engineered system that has evolved over decades and remains mission‑critical for laboratories worldwide, often running offline or in regulated environments.
This role is for senior C++ engineers who enjoy working on substantial, real‑world systems and improving them over time. You’ll work hands‑on in a large, mature C++ codebase (Windows / MFC) where performance, determinism, and scientific correctness matter every day.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute meaningfully to the ongoing modernization and evolution of the KnowItAll platform. You’ll take ownership of non‑trivial areas of the system, refactor legacy components, and implement new capabilities—working closely with Principal Engineers and domain experts to ensure changes are correct, maintainable, and backward‑compatible.
This is a role for engineers who respect legacy software, understand constraints, and enjoy making incremental improvements that add up to lasting value.
You’ll work alongside senior and principal engineers who care deeply about correctness and will expect thoughtful technical decisions—not rushed solutions.
If you enjoy understanding complex systems, improving them piece by piece, and building software that must be trusted, this Senior Software Engineer role offers a rare and rewarding challenge.
We power infinite possibilities.
For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere.
We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.
Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.
We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles in the United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, or Spain. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.
Salary Range:
44,200 GBP to 63,400 GBP

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