Software Engineer III (Full Stack)

Software Engineer III (Full Stack)

Software Engineer-III

Would you like to help create products to support the sharing of scientific knowledge?

Do you enjoy collaborating to solve complex technical problems?

This hybrid role is open to candidates based within a commutable distance of our Chennai office. We value meaningful in-person moments to connect, collaborate, plan and for other key moments.

About Our Team:-

The Submission and Editorial platform is at the heart of Elsevier's publishing ecosystem, supporting millions of interactions between researchers, editors, reviewers, and publishers every year.

Our team builds the data platform that underpins the Submission product portfolio. We are creating the next generation of data infrastructure, delivering a cloud-native Data Lake and Data Mesh architectures that enables teams to publish, own, and govern their data while making it easy to discover and consume across the business.

 About Role:

As a Software Engineer on our team, you'll work on scalable distributed systems that ingest, process, store, and serve both structured and unstructured data. You'll help build the capabilities that power data discovery, analytics, operational reporting, and AI-driven insights, enabling Submission teams across Elsevier to make better decisions from trusted, high-quality data.

We leverage AWS, event-driven architectures, microservice development, data modelling, modern data engineering practices, and platform engineering principles to build reliable, secure, and highly scalable data sharing services that form the foundation of Submission's data ecosystem.

 

Responsibilities:-

• Designing, developing and deploying applications in a cloud-hosted distributed system to build our next-generation product

• Collaborating with business stakeholders to identify requirements and gather feedback in a fast-moving environment

• Providing input into architectural decisions to ensure stability and performance

• Identifying and implementing enhancements to continually improve our delivery process

• Partnering with cross-functional Agile and DevOps implementation teams

 

Requirements:-

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate proficiency in some of our requirements, with a willingness to learn new ones as needed.

• Demonstrate some proficiency in most of these technologies; Java, JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks (React, Angular, Spring Boot etc), SQL, with a willingness to learn the others.

• Display some experience with version control system (i.e. Git) 

• Enjoy collaborating with team members to create innovative solutions

• Have experience with a modern IDE (IntelliJ / VS Code) and proficiency in using refactoring tools

• Be open to discussing and honing approaches for our team to improve our working practices

• Have some experience with test-driven development and mocking libraries (Jest, Mockito)

• Be familiar with collaborative documentation tools (Jira and Confluence)

• Have some real knowledge of Agile practices and execution (Scrum, Kanban)

• Some familiarity with AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Codex, Antigravity) is desirable.

• Wanting to learn about Agentic software development

• Wanting to learn about data modelling, data cataloguing, PySpark or distributed data processing frameworks, integration with Collibra, Snowflake and Databricks

• Be eager to grow your skills and experience 

 

Work in a Way That Works for You: 

We promote a healthy work/life balance and provide various well-being initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals to help you meet both your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals. 

Working for You: 

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
- Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
- Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for your loved ones.
- Group Accident Insurance: Extra protection for accidental death and permanent disablement.
- Flexible Working Arrangement: Achieve a harmonious work-life balance.
- Employee Assistance Program: Access support for personal and work-related challenges.
- Medical Screening: Your well-being is a top priority.
- Modern Family Benefits: Maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
- Long-Service Awards: Recognizing dedication and commitment.
- New Baby Gift: Celebrating the joy of parenthood.
- Subsidized Meals in Chennai: Enjoy delicious meals at discounted rates.
- Various Paid Time Off: Take time off with Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.
- Free Transport pick up and drop from the home -office - home. (Applicable for Bangalore & Chennai).

About Business: 

We are a global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals' advance science and improve health outcomes. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science, research, health education, interactive learning, and exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to addressing the world's grand challenges and creating a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare, partnering for a better world. 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

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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Experience Level

Senior Level