Senior Agentic AI Full-Stack Software Engineer (Java & React / Javascript / Angular / Claude Code / Codex)

Elsevier Limited Company; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Pension Plan

Home, office, or commuting allowance

Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and and

Flexible working hours

Personal Choice budget

Internal communities and networks

Various employee discounts

Recruitment introduction reward

Employee Assistance Program (global)

Job summary

Elsevier Limited Company is seeking a Senior II Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud-hosted applications that support researchers publishing high-quality scientific work.

You will work within Agile teams, applying agentic coding strategies and AI tools to evolve complex systems while collaborating with product and UX across a fast-paced environment. Hybrid role with travel to Oxford office weekly.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java/Spring Boot and JS frameworks (React/Angular).
• Experience with AI-assisted/agentic coding workflows and modern AI tools.
• Familiarity with containerised distributed cloud environments and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy cloud-hosted distributed applications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for stability and performance.
• Improve delivery processes with continuous enhancements.
• Partner with Agile/DevOps teams across functions.

Skills

Java

Spring / Spring Boot

JavaScript / TypeScript

React

Angular

SQL

Python (desirable)

Agentic engineering

AI tooling (Copilot Claude Codex)

Observability platforms (New Relic, Es

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Job description

Senior Agentic AI Full-Stack Software Engineer (Java & React / JavaScript / Angular / Claude Code / Codex)

Would you like to help create products to support the sharing of scientific knowledge? Do you enjoy collaborating to solve complex technical problems?

About the team

Our dynamic Agile Teams deliver the technology that facilitates researchers to publish quality scientific research. As a Software Engineer, you will build capabilities to improve the quality of scientific research.

About the role

As a Senior II Software Engineer, you will build capabilities to support scientific researchers through the process of submitting the research for publication. We are continually evolving our technology in response to researchers’ needs and to the ever-changing technical landscape, including the use of AI technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and deploying applications in a cloud-hosted distributed system to build our next‑generation product
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to identify requirements and gather feedback in a fast‑moving environment.
• Providing input into architectural decisions to ensure stability and performance
• Identifying and implementing enhancements to continually improve our delivery process
• Partnering with cross‑functional Agile and DevOps implementation teams

Requirements

We know it, and we’re excited about it. AI‑assisted and agentic development is reshaping what engineers do day to day. We will allow good engineers to build and evolve their skills into the roles of the future.

What you’ll bring

• Technical Core Engineering Stack: Proficiency in most of our core technologies (Java, Spring / Spring Boot, JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks such as React or Angular, and SQL), with a willingness to learn others.
• Experience with Python is desirable but not essential.
• Agentic Engineering: Proven experience using agentic coding workflows and modern AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude, Codex, Cursor) to plan, build, refactor, and document complex systems. You can discuss the role of judgement in agentic engineering: when to delegate to an agent, how to verify its output, and where human accountability remains.
• AI‑Assisted Troubleshooting: Experience using AI tools to analyse metrics and logs across observability platforms (e.g., New Relic, OpenSearch / Kibana, Coralogix).
• Cloud & Delivery: Familiarity with containerised, distributed cloud environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, AWS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), alongside solid version control (Git).

Growth, leadership & collaboration

• Rapid Learning: A proven track record of learning new skills effectively and rapidly.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Actively mentors and teaches junior engineers, and actively drives discussions to improve working practices and code quality.
• Collaboration: Real‑world Agile experience (Scrum/Kanban) and clear communication across disciplines, including product and UX.

How you work

• Ownership & Judgement: Takes responsibility, solves problems, makes decisions, and weighs risks, including when working with AI tools and agents.
• Curiosity & Product Mindset: Stays aware of what's happening in the industry, and takes a genuine interest in the domain and the business.

Why join us

Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. 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. This is a hybrid role that requires travel to our Oxford office at least once per week, preferably on Tuesdays.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Pension Plan
• Home, office, or commuting allowance
• Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care leave
• Flexible working hours
• Personal Choice budget
• Internal communities and networks
• Various employee discounts
• Recruitment introduction reward
• Employee Assistance Program (global)

About the business – 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. We know your well‑being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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