Software Engineer III

Location: Greater London

.We’re looking for a Software Engineer III to join the Search Platform team within Elsevier’s Search and AI Platform. This role is ideal for a strong backend engineer who is curious, eager to learn, and excited to work on large-scale, cloud-native systems — including search — even if they haven’t worked in this domain before. You’ll contribute to the core services that power search across products such as Scopus or Science Direct, working on backend services, APIs, and platform components.

You’ll take ownership of well-defined pieces of work, deliver production-quality code, and grow your expertise through close collaboration with senior and principal engineers.  
** About the team
** The Search Platform Team builds and operates the foundational services that enable search across Elsevier products. Our platform supports high-volume, mission-critical workloads and is evolving to support next-generation, AI-augmented discovery experiences. We work in a global, collaborative environment alongside product managers, data scientists, and other platform teams. We value clean engineering, learning, and shared ownership, and we actively support engineers as they grow into more complex problem spaces.

** Requirements:
*** 2–4 years of professional software engineering experience in backend or platform roles
* Strong programming skills in Java, ideally using Spring / Spring Boot
* Experience delivering production-quality services in a cloud-based environment (preferably AWS)
* Familiarity with containerised applications and Kubernetes
* A strong desire to learn new technologies and grow into complex domains  
** Responsibilities:
*** Become productive in the Search Platform codebase, delivering features and fixes independently
* Build confidence working with Java-based, Kubernetes-hosted services in the cloud
* Learn the fundamentals of search platform concepts with support from the team
* Contribute to improving code quality, test coverage, and operational reliability
* Participate actively in code reviews, planning discussions, and team rituals 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.
* 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
** 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:
* Comprehensive Pension Plan
* Home, office, or commuting allowance.
* Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
* 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.
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