Senior Software Engineer Ii

Elsevier

London, United Kingdom
Backend engineer
Hands-on search experience
Large-scale cloud-native systems
You’ll contribute to the core search infrastructure that powers products such as Scopus or ScienceDirect, working on search services, retrieval APIs, and index-backed capabilities that serve millions of users globally

Job Summary

  • You’ll contribute to the core search infrastructure that powers products such as Scopus or ScienceDirect, working on search services, retrieval APIs, and index-backed capabilities that serve millions of users globally.
  • We own the foundations of search across Elsevier products, including search services, index-backed retrieval, ranking foundations, and content freshness.
  • We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people.

Matching Summary

You’ll contribute to the core search infrastructure that powers products such as Scopus or ScienceDirect, working on search services, retrieval APIs, and index-backed capabilities that serve millions of users globally.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • backend engineer
  • hands-on search experience
  • large-scale cloud-native systems
  • Kubernetes-hosted search services
  • cloud-based systems (AWS)
  • CI/CD pipelines

Nice-to-have

  • clean engineering
  • shared ownership
  • continuous improvement
  • AI-augmented discovery
  • LLM-powered discovery

Key Requirements

  • professional software engineering experience
  • search systems experience
  • Java experience
  • Spring / Spring Boot
  • Production experience with Kubernetes
  • building and running cloud-based systems

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