About our Team:
Reaxys is a comprehensive and powerful cloud hosted and deep-tech data searching tool that is used by thousands of chemists, researchers and students throughout the world to retrieve chemistry patents, chemical reactions, substance data and other related chemistry information using a highly performant chemical structure search engine. Supported by continuous updates and robust taxonomies, Reaxys can be searched using natural language, drawn chemical structures, formula, physical property parameters and more. Trusted for over 30 years by large pharma, innovative startups, large tech, private and public sector research hubs and universities alike, Reaxys is a partner to the pharma, medicinal chemistry and chemical industries.
About the Role:
The Reaxys team is searching for an experienced Software Engineer who is interested or has the work/research experience in contributing to Java based distributed systems that run machine learning or search workloads at scale. You should be able to adopt and adapt to the changing software engineering environment being driven by the augmentation of AI tools.
Your passion and talent will help drive us to scale new heights while we share the necessary knowledge to help build your skills and career at Elsevier. Our diverse team stretches across China, India, Europe, the UK and the US and relies on a well-developed network of industry leaders – partners and suppliers.
The Reaxys team is distributed & has a flexible hybrid working environment, and this position is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany where you will be working with experienced professionals from diverse background.

Responsibilities:

• Architect & develop distributed systems over Kubernetes.
• Write code and automated tests to match detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Actively participate and lead the discussions in your area of expertise.
• Proactively share knowledge and mentor others in your area of expertise.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in computer science, engineering or equivalent desired
• Experience working with Java, (preferably Java 21 and above)
• Experience of working with Spring ecosystem along with Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to strategize & learn different software frameworks & technologies.
• Research or working experience with any of the database systems.
• Experience of developing & managing REST based Java Web Service.
• Fluent oral & written English along with the ability to communicate complex topic to non-technology stakeholders.

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 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:

• Flexible Working
• Vacation (30 days)
• Maternity Leave
• Deutschlandticket

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. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.
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• Architect & develop distributed systems over Kubernetes.
• Write code and automated tests to match detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Actively participate and lead the discussions in your area of expertise.
• Proactively share knowledge and mentor others in your area of expertise