Senior Software Engineer - Retrieval-augmented Generation (rag)

Elsevier

Multiple Locations
Base: $95,300 - $158,800 (us national base pyy ran...
Production-scale rag system development
Python programming skills
Ml workflow tooling and mlops concepts
We are seeking an experienced engineer to build and support a healthcare centered production-scale RAG system that combines document retrieval with response generation to deliver accurate, context-aware answers

Job Summary

  • We are seeking an experienced engineer to build and support a healthcare centered production-scale RAG system that combines document retrieval with response generation to deliver accurate, context-aware answers.
  • You will collaborate with data engineers, platform teams, and product partners to ship reliable, scalable, and observable systems.
  • Elsevier offers country specific benefits and is committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process.

Matching Summary

We are seeking an experienced engineer to build and support a healthcare centered production-scale RAG system that combines document retrieval with response generation to deliver accurate, context-aware answers.

Salary

Base: $95,300 - $158,800 (US National Base Pay Range); Bonus/Equity: Eligible for annual incentive bonus; Benefits: Country specific benefits offered

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Production-scale RAG system development
  • Python programming skills
  • ML workflow tooling and MLOps concepts
  • Cloud infrastructure and modern software practices
  • Building scalable low-latency services
  • Data governance and security best practices

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with agentic workflow tools
  • Prompt engineering for LLMs
  • Performance optimization for AI services
  • Monitoring and logging tools experience
  • Cost optimization for token usage
  • Security controls for data-intensive AI

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years professional software engineering experience
  • Strong Python programming skills
  • Experience building RAG-like pipelines
  • Proficiency with AWS/GCP/Azure and CI/CD
  • Familiarity with data governance and privacy
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork

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