Senior Software Engineer II

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer II to join the Search Platform team within Elsevier’s Search and AI Platform. This role is suited to an experienced backend engineer with hands-on search experience who enjoys working on large-scale, cloud-native systems and wants to deepen their impact in a platform environment.

Requirements

• Experience of professional software engineering experience in backend or platform roles
• Hands-on experience with search systems (e.g. Elasticsearch, Solr, OpenSearch, Lucene-based systems, or equivalent)
• Strong Java experience, ideally using Spring / Spring Boot
• Production experience with Kubernetes, including deploying and operating services
• Experience building and running cloud-based systems (preferably AWS) with CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

• 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