Senior Software Engineer I – Search and AI Platform
Are you passionate about building scalable, high-performance data-driven applications?
Do you enjoy turning complex datasets into robust, reliable systems that deliver real business impact?
About the team:
The Search and AI Platform is Elsevier’s agentic data platform, which powers products such as LeapSpace, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Clinical Key, Reaxys, and our next-generation AI powered search systems. The platform uses agentic services to interrogate our rich knowledge graphs, search and recommendation systems, and our unparalleled collection of research data to deliver insights to the scientific community so they can collaborate more effectively, work smarter, and deliver quality research more quickly.
We are looking for an innovative, passionate Senior Software Engineer II to work as part of the teams building and enhancing our platform to deliver intelligent, scalable solutions that create real value for our clients.
About the role:
The Shared Graph Team is a core part of Elsevier’s Search and AI Platform. This team builds structured queries based on relationships and entity metadata hydration, enabling advanced traversal, discovery, and recommendation systems. As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will work with a passionate team that delivers scalable, reliable, and innovative solutions that accelerate scientific discovery.
Key responsibilities:
Design and implement graph-based search services.
Develop applications using Java, Spring Boot, Spring, GraphQL, and GraphQL Federation.
Integrate with databases, web services, or AWS services (Neo4j, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Parameter Store, SQS, SNS, Kinesis) to support ingestion, storage, and messaging pipelines.
Champion clean code, SOLID principles, and engineering best practices, setting standards and mentoring engineers.
Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to deliver advanced search and recommendation features.
Ensure robust monitoring and logging with New Relic and Coralogix, driving reliability and performance.
Requirements:
4+ years of professional software engineering experience in distributed systems or search platforms.
Proven track record building scalable backend systems and APIs.
Strong expertise in Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem.
Hands-on experience with GraphQL API/REST APIs design.
Solid background in cloud-native architectures with AWS and Kubernetes (EKS).
An advocate of best practices for rapid development of quality software, including SOLID principles, clean code, architectural design patterns, CI/CD
Familiarity with Agile, Kanban, or other iterative development methodologies.
Comfortable learning new technologies, languages, and tools on the job, to ensure that the product is not left behind in a rapidly evolving ecosystem
An inclusive, positive, collaborative mindset and a desire to deliver real business value to our customers
Nice to have:
Experience with Apollo Router or advanced GraphQL federation strategies.
Background in data modelling for graph-based systems.
Familiarity with search platforms or AI-driven discovery systems.
Experience working in high-throughput, distributed systems
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 and shared parental leave, 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
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.
If performed in NLD Amsterdam (Radarweg), the base pay range is €86,900 - €144,600. This job may be subject to a collective labor agreement in the Netherlands. Please consult with the hiring team for further details.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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Skills Required
- 4+ years professional software engineering experience in distributed systems or search platforms.
- Proven track record building scalable backend systems and APIs.
- Strong expertise in Java.
- Strong expertise in the Spring Boot ecosystem.
- Hands-on experience designing GraphQL APIs and REST APIs.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures on AWS and Kubernetes (EKS).
- Experience integrating with Neo4j, DynamoDB, Amazon RDS, S3, Parameter Store, SQS, SNS, and Kinesis.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as New Relic and Coralogix.
- Advocate of SOLID principles, clean code, architectural design patterns, and CI/CD best practices.
- Familiarity with Agile or Kanban iterative development methodologies.
- Experience with Apollo Router or advanced GraphQL federation strategies.
- Background in data modelling for graph-based systems.
- Familiarity with search platforms or AI-driven discovery systems.
- Experience working in high-throughput, distributed systems.
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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