Software Engineer III – Search Platform
About the role
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 ScienceDirect, 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
Why join us?
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.