Principal AI Engineer & Systems Architect

Elsevier; England; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation entitlement and sabb

Parental leave and family care

Study assistance

Employee Assistance Program (global)

Flexible working options

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Principal Software Engineer / Principal AI Engineer to lead an embedded Innovation Squad, owning AI architecture and production delivery from discovery to deployment. You will co-create reusable patterns, ensure security/governance, and mentor engineers across segments.

The role emphasizes architecting agentic AI patterns, integration with enterprise systems, and driving measurable outcomes while aligning with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with hands-on AI system design.

Responsibilities

• Own technical execution from discovery to production; build, assess and harden AI prototypes.
• Design and govern reusable agentic AI patterns (orchestration, memory, retrieval).

Skills

AI system design

Production deployment

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Agile / SDLC

Communication

Data modeling

Security & governance

Education

BS in Engineering/CS

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

APIs

CI/CD

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Principal Software Engineer / Principal AI Engineer to lead an embedded Innovation Squad, owning AI architecture and production delivery from discovery to deployment. You will co-create reusable patterns, ensure security/governance, and mentor engineers across segments.

The role emphasizes architecting agentic AI patterns, integration with enterprise systems, and driving measurable outcomes while aligning with enterprise standards.