Senior Software Engineer - Elsevier

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About Our Team Our global team supports products that educate and work with electronic health records to introduce students to digital charting and to document care in today’s modern clinical environment. We have a very stable product that we’ve worked to get to and strive to maintain. Our team values trust, respect, collaboration, agility, and quality.

About The Role As a Senior Software Engineer you are expected to participate in technical discussions to design solutions that meet Product Requirements, develop test-driven code, pair with team members, mentor juniors and support the existing API Platforms. You will look after a legacy and new Enterprise API Platform for Elsevier, aiming to provide a good developer experience for users both within and outside Elsevier. Responsibilities include smooth onboarding of APIs to the Platform, ease of use of the dev portal for customers, and rapid resolution of support requests.

Requirements

• Expertise in development languages including but not limited to: Java, JavaScript, Groovy, JSP, HTML, XML, SQL and bash.
• Knowledge and experience of build tools – Maven and Gradle
• Knowledge and experience of relational DBMS – Postgres
• Knowledge of using AWS services via Terraform - Secrets Manager, Kinesis Firehose, S3, OpenSearch etc
• Knowledge and experience of configuring and using New Relic, Kibana for observing metrics and configuring alerts.
• Knowledge and experience of using Docker, containers, Helm, Kustomize to set up and manage Kubernetes applications.
• Knowledge and experience of using kubectl, k9s and similar tools to observe and manage Kubernetes resources
• A bonus if you have knowledge of networks – AWS ACM certificates, VPCs, transit gateways, etc.

Responsibilities

• Interface with other technical personnel or team members to ideate on the best technical solutions to meet Product Requirements
• Document and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of complex system components
• Complete complex bug fixes
• Work closely with other development team members to understand complex product requirements and translate them into software designs
• Successfully implement development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews
• Operate in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders
• Train entry-level software engineers as directed by department management, ensuring they are knowledgeable in critical aspects of their roles

Work In a Way That Works For You We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people, with wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals to help you meet immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.

Working For You We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days to support charities and causes
• Access to employee resource groups with time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work

About The Business A global leader in information and analytics, Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes. We combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support science, health education and interactive learning, and to contribute to better healthcare and clinical practice. Your work at Elsevier supports science and healthcare and a more sustainable future.

Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Engineering and Information Technology

Industries Information Services