Senior Agentic AI Engineer

RELX International; Sheopur; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Health Insurance Policy (coverin

Group Life insurance/accident policy

Generous long-service awards

New Baby gift

Subsidized food provided (India-CHENNA

Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Le

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Senior Agentic AI Engineer to help build Document Intelligence capabilities for the Submission products. You will transform complex manuscripts into structured data through metadata extraction, content enrichment and entity recognition, enabling AI-driven features across the Portfolio.

You will operate in a hybrid setup near our Bangalore office, collaborating with data scientists, software engineers and editorial stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure services using AWS,

Qualifications

• Experience with Java and Python in cloud-based microservices.
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and modern IDEs such as IntelliJ or VS Code.
• Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD practices.
• Familiarity with Jira/Confluence and Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Exposure to AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Codex) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy cloud-hosted distributed applications for the next-gen product.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback in a fast-moving environment.
• Contribute to architecture decisions to ensure stability and performance.
• Partner with Agile and DevOps teams to continually improve delivery.

Skills

Java

Python

Spring Boot

Git

IntelliJ

VS Code

Jest

Mockito

Jira

Confluence

Agile practices

Scrum

Kanban

AI coding tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Codex

Antigravity

Kafka

AWS

Agentic software development

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Job description

Would you like to help create products to support the sharing of scientific knowledge?

Do you enjoy collaborating to solve complex technical problems?

This hybrid role is open to candidates based within a commutable distance of our Bangalore office. We value meaningful in-person moments to connect, collaborate, plan and for other key moments.

About Our Team

The Submission and Editorial platform is at the heart of Elsevier's publishing ecosystem, supporting millions of interactions between researchers, editors, reviewers, and publishers every year. Our team provides the Document Intelligence capabilities that underpin the Submission product portfolio. Using combination data science models and LLMs, we transform complex, unstructured documents into structured, trusted and reusable data, enabling our products and teams to understand submitted content and use that intelligence to create smarter experiences throughout the Submission and Editorial journey.

About The Role

As a Senior Agentic AI Engineer Engineer on our team, you'll help build the Document Intelligence capabilities that enable Elsevier's Submission products to understand scientific content at scale. You'll work on services that transform complex, unstructured manuscripts into structured, meaningful information and knowledge through document transformation, metadata extraction, content enrichment, and entity recognition. You'll help turn this intelligence into capabilities that power smarter submission and editorial experiences, from automating traditionally manual processes to enabling content discovery and new AI-driven features across the Submission portfolio. We combine AWS, event-driven architectures, microservices, data science and AI/LLM capabilities to build reliable, secure, and highly scalable Document Intelligence services. You'll work at the intersection of software engineering, data engineering and AI, solving challenging problems around understanding and processing millions of research documents within Elsevier's publishing ecosystem.

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 processPartnering with cross-functional Agile and DevOps implementation teams

Requirements

• Demonstrate some proficiency in most of these technologies; Java, Python, Spring Boot, with a willingness to learn the others.
• Display some experience with version control system (i.e. Git)
• Enjoy collaborating with team members to create innovative solutions
• Have experience with a modern IDE (IntelliJ / VS Code) and proficiency in using refactoring tools
• Be open to discussing and honing approaches for our team to improve our working practices
• Have some experience with test-driven development and mocking libraries (Jest, Mockito)
• Be familiar with collaborative documentation tools (Jira and Confluence)
• Have some real knowledge of Agile practices and execution (Scrum, Kanban)
• Some familiarity with AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Codex, Antigravity) is desirable.
• Wanting to learn about Agentic software development
• Wanting to learn about distributed and event-driven solutions using Kafka and AWS cloud services
• Be eager to grow your skills and experience

Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, family leave and tuition reimbursement, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals. Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you:

Benefits

• Group Health Insurance Policy (covering self and family)
• Group Life insurance/accident policy
• Generous long-service awards
• New Baby gift
• Subsidized food provided (applies to India- Chennai)
• Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, Gazetted Public Holiday and Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Free Transport provided to and from the office (applies to India-Chennai)

About Us

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 .

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