Are you looking for a Senior Software Developer role within our Mission Driven organization?
Have you development production based products in an Agile environment using Java/Python/API development skills
About the role: This position is performed by an experienced professional and will undertake difficult research, design and software development assignments within a software functional area or product line, and provides direct input to project plans, schedules and methodology in the development of cross-functional software products under the guidance of more senior members of the squad. This position performs software design - typically across multiple components; is developing the skills of mentoring more junior members of the team and works with others to talk to users/customers and translates their requests into solutions.
About the team: This diverse team is actively involved in developing advanced information and decision support tools for healthcare professionals. One notable initiative is the launch of ClinicalKey AI, a generative AI-driven clinical decision support tool developed in partnership with OpenEvidence. This tool offers a conversational search interface, enabling physicians to quickly access accurate, evidence-based medical information, thereby enhancing clinical decision-making at the point of care

Requirements

• Expertise with backend programming languages including but not limited to: Python, NodeJS, Java
• Experience with RESTful service/API development
• Working Knowledge of Database technologies (SQL, NOSQL)
• Experience leveraging cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Expertise with (shared) source control (Git, Github, Gitlab, SVN)
• Experience incorporating unit/integration testing into ways of working
• Excellent communication skills with regards to documentation, presentation to stakeholders, inter-team communication
• Experience with Docker and a container hosting platform (ECS/Kubernetes/etc.) preferred
• Experience with data pipeline/batch processing

Responsibilities;

• Designing and implementing complex features or significant system improvements.
• Setting quality standards within the team and actively review team members’ code.
• Contributing to system architecture decisions in their domain and understanding broader system interactions.
• Mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, promoting best practices in coding, testing, and architecture.
• Proactively identifying technical debt and advocating for necessary improvements.
• Demonstrating openness to others’ ideas. Adapts their communication style to most effectively communicate. Effectively and accurately shares credit for ideas and collaborative efforts.
• Working to understand the purpose of the features the team is working on and helps communicate that purpose to team members. Asks clarifying questions when expectations are unclear.
• Creating and maintaining internal documentation for the purpose and structure of the systems they’re working on. Carefully documents processes that aren’t clear.
• Showing empathy towards colleagues, be open to feedback, and approach situations with humility, acknowledging that everyone can learn from others.

Elsevier employs 9,200 people worldwide, including over 2,500 technologists. We have supported the work of our research and health partners for more than 140 years. Growing from our roots in publishing, we offer knowledge and valuable analytics that help our users make breakthroughs and drive societal progress.
Digital solutions such as
ScienceDirect
,
Scopus
,
SciVal
,
ClinicalKey
and
Sherpath
support strategic
research management
,
R&D performance
,
clinical decision support
,
medical education
, and
nursing education
. Researchers and healthcare professionals rely on over 2,800 journals, including
The Lancet
and
Cell
; 46,000+ eBook titles; and iconic reference works, such as Gray’s Anatomy. With the
Elsevier Foundation
and our external
Inclusion & Diversity Advisory Board
, we work in partnership with diverse stakeholders to advance
inclusion and diversity
in science, research and healthcare in developing countries and around the world.
Elsevier is part of

• Designing and implementing complex features or significant system improvements.
• Setting quality standards within the team and actively review team members’ code.
• Contributing to system architecture decisions in their domain and understanding broader system interactions.
• Mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, promoting best practices in coding, testing, and architecture.
• Proactively identifying technical debt and advocating for necessary improvements.
• Demonstrating openness to others’ ideas. Adapts their communication style to most effectively communicate. Effectively and accurately shares credit for ideas and collaborative efforts.
• Working to understand the purpose of the features the team is working on and helps communicate that purpose to team members. Asks clarifying questions when expectations are unclear.
• Creating and maintaining internal documentation for the purpose and structure of the systems they’re working on. Carefully documents processes that aren’t clear.
• Showing empathy towards colleagues, be open to feedback, and approach situations with humility, acknowledging that everyone can learn from others