Could your Java expertise help build the next generation of publishing technology that advances science and improves lives?
Are you excited by the opportunity to collaborate across Agile and DevOps teams, shape architecture, and drive continuous improvement in a cloud-hosted distributed environment?
About our Team
Our STMJ (Science, Technology, and Medical Journals) team publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that drives progress across scientific and medical disciplines. We collaborate closely with authors, editors, reviewers, and societies to ensure the integrity and impact of the published work. Through innovation in editorial workflows and publishing technology, we help global research communities discover, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge that advances science and improves lives.
About the Role
As a Senior Java Software Engineer, you will help design, develop, and deploy applications in a cloud-hosted distributed system that supports our next-generation product. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and cross-functional Agile and DevOps teams, contribute to architectural decisions, and help improve the way we deliver software in a fast-moving environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and deploy applications in a cloud-hosted distributed system to build our next-generation product
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify requirements and gather feedback in a fast-moving environment
- Provide input into architectural decisions to ensure stability and performance
- Identify and implement enhancements to continually improve our delivery process
- Partner with cross-functional Agile and DevOps implementation teams
Requirements
- Proficiency in most of these technologies: Java 17 or higher, Spring / Spring Boot, a JavaScript / TypeScript tool (React, Angular, etc), SQL, with a willingness to learn the others
- Experience with build tools, Git and continuous integration (GitHub Actions / Jenkins)
- Enjoy collaborating with team members to create innovative solutions and supporting and mentoring others to share knowledge and up-skill team members
- Experience with alerting, monitoring and logging tools (NewRelic, OpenSearch / Kibana)
- Experience with a modern IDE (IntelliJ / VSCode) and proficiency in using the refactoring tools
- Openness to discussing and honing approaches for our team to improve our working practices
- Experience of test-driven development and mocking libraries (Jest, Mockito), and familiarity with collaborative documentation tools (Jira and Confluence)
- Real world experience of Agile practices and execution (Scrum, Kanban), design and development for cloud environments (i.e. docker, k8 / Kubernetes, AWS), and wanting to learn or have experience with AI based solutions
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-
Working Pattern
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.
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.
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Skills Required
- Proficiency with Java 17 or higher
- Experience with Spring / Spring Boot
- Experience with a JavaScript/TypeScript framework (React, Angular, etc.)
- SQL experience
- Experience with build tools, Git and CI (GitHub Actions or Jenkins)
- Experience with alerting, monitoring and logging tools (NewRelic, OpenSearch / Kibana)
- Experience with modern IDEs (IntelliJ or VSCode) and refactoring tools
- Experience with test-driven development and mocking libraries (Jest, Mockito)
- Familiarity with collaborative documentation and tracking tools (Jira and Confluence)
- Real-world experience with Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban)
- Design and development experience for cloud environments (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)
- Experience collaborating across Agile and DevOps teams and mentoring others
- Willingness to learn additional listed technologies
- Interest or experience with AI-based solutions
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
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What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
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