Senior Software Engineer II

RELX INC; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information services company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to design and implement recommendation applications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and proficiency in Java or Scala. You will work in a collaborative agile environment, building cloud-based solutions and enhancing data quality. The role offers a flexible working environment, generous benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening

Wellbeing programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to extensive learning resources

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering server-side applications.
• Ability to rapidly grasp new technologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust recommendation applications.
• Collaborate within an agile team to deliver customer value.
• Build cloud infrastructure and automate tasks.

Skills

Commercial software engineering

Java 8+

Scala

Agile development practices

Collaborative mindset

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Spark

Airflow

Job description

Overview

Senior Software Engineer II

Do you have extensive software engineering experience?

Would you like to join our great software engineering team?

About Team

The Recommenders team at Elsevier specialises in developing recommendation systems through Data Science and Machine Learning. Their goal is to aid researchers in finding relevant papers, funding opportunities, and peer reviewers, ultimately facilitating scientific breakthroughs and discoveries. They are motivated by the belief in technology's transformative potential to advance research.

About Role

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic developer to showcase their work and enhance our data. Collaboration is key, so you should be open to pairing and committed to ongoing learning and mentoring colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Designing, prototyping, and implementing robust recommendation applications using best-practice agile development processes
• Working with technologies including Java, Scala, Spark, EMR, Kubernetes, and Airflow
• Building cloud infrastructure in AWS to host and monitor the applications, and automating common tasks mercilessly
• Collaborating as part of a tight-knit, agile, quality-focused team to deliver tangible value to our customers

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial software engineering to deliver server-side applications
• Experience in programming skills on the JVM with either Java 8+ or Scala
• Experience with agile practices for rapid development of quality software, such as CI/TD
• Candidate who can rapidly grasp modern technologies, languages, and tools to maintain our product's edge in a fast-changing industry
• Build an inclusive, positive, collaborative mindset and a desire to deliver genuine business value to our customers

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 organisation. 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.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work during the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
• 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 the employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About 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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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.

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