Senior Software Engineer II

Elsevier; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join their Recommenders team. This role focuses on developing recommendation systems using data science and machine learning, contributing to impactful scientific discoveries. Applicants should possess extensive software engineering experience, particularly in Java and Scala, and be prepared to work in a collaborative, agile environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and eye care vouchers

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Contributory pension scheme

Travel Season ticket loan

Flexible working hours

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience required.
• Experience in commercial software engineering delivering server-side applications.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing robust recommendation applications.
• Working with technologies like Java, Scala, and AWS.
• Collaborating with a quality-focused team.

Skills

Java

Scala

Data Science

Machine Learning

Agile Development

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

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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.

Key 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.
  
  

Requirements

• 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.
  
  

Working for you

Benefits

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to 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, 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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