Job Description

Senior Software Engineer
Do you enjoy being part of team that collaborates to deliver cutting-edge content to scientists?
Would you like to part of a team of passionate & driven professionals pushing the boundaries in content discovery around research data?
About our Team
Knowledge Discovery’s mission, as part of the Elsevier Data Platform, is to enable users of our Research Products quickly find relevant content, collaborators, funding opportunities and related information. This information will help them advance scientific knowledge in their areas of research.
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be playing a critical role in building robust, highly scalable solutions and infrastructure to serve our customers.

You will be building microservices, micro-frontends, APIs, webapps, search tools, graph services, EKS infrastructure, data pipelines and related capabilities. This is to be leveraged by product & experience teams for driving value around search and discovery.
Responsibilities

• Working closely with other development team members to understand complex product requirements and translate them into software designs for implementation
• Working with technologies such as Kafka, Elastic Search, Neo4j, Java, Scala, Spark, GraphQL; consistently. Making high-quality individual code contributions, adhering to best practices / patterns.
• Building cloud infrastructure in AWS to host and monitor our applications while mercilessly automating common tasks via infrastructure as code.
• Collaborating part of a tight-knit, agile, quality delivery focused, team to deliver tangible value to our customers
• Being practice Secure XP, and Test-Driven Development as part of an Agile team for rapid development of secure quality software

Requirements

• Have good experience within commercial software development
• Have proficient experience in JVM development with good knowledge of design patterns and best practices
• Be Familiar with CI/CD and infrastructure as code
• Have Agile experience -Scrum, Kanban/XP

Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.
Working for you
At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Group Health Insurance Policy (covering self and family)
• Group Life insurance/accident policy
• Generous long-service awards
• New Baby gift
• Subsidised food provided (applies to India- Chennai)
• Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, Gazetted Public Holiday and Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Free Transport provided to and from the office (applies to India-Chennai)

About Us
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
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Purposeful Work
When you work with us, your work matters. You are part of an organization that nurtures your curiosity to stimulate innovation for the communities that we serve.

Growing Every Day
Like the communities we serve, you are on a constant path of discovery to shape your career and personal development.

Colleagues Who Care
You will be part of the Elsevier family. We will support your well-being and provide the flexibility you need to thrive at work and home.

Together, we create possibilities.
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