Senior Software Engineer

Elsevier; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information leader in London is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to enhance the API Platforms. Responsibilities include technical discussions, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring smooth onboarding of APIs. The ideal candidate has expertise in multiple programming languages, AWS services, and experience with Kubernetes. This role promotes a healthy work/life balance and offers extensive benefits including a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and private medical benefits

Wellbeing programs

Travel Season ticket loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Expertise in various development languages.
• Knowledge of build tools Maven and Gradle.
• Experience with AWS services.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Interface with technical personnel to design solutions.
• Document specifications for complex system components.
• Complete complex bug fixes.
• Train entry-level software engineers.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

Groovy

JSP

HTML

XML

SQL

bash

AWS services

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Terraform

New Relic

Kibana

Job description

Overview

About our Team: Our global team supports products education electronic health records that introduce students to digital charting and prepare them 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. Within this team/role you will look after a legacy and new Enterprise API Platform for Elsevier. It aims to provide a good developer experience for anyone using the Platform both within and outside of Elsevier. Smooth onboarding of APIs to the Platform, ease of use of the dev portal for the customers and rapid resolution of support requests are the Team\'s goals.

Responsibilities

• Interface with other technical personnel or team members to ideate on 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

Qualifications

• 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 – PostgreSQL
• 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.

Work and Benefits

• 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.
• 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, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

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.

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