Position: Software Engineer III – Cheminformatics
Company: Elsevier
Location: Frankfurt, Germany or Oxford, United Kingdom | Hybrid
About Reaxys
Reaxys is a comprehensive and powerful cloud hosted and deep-tech data searching tool that is used by thousands of chemists, researchers and students throughout the world to retrieve chemistry patents, chemical reactions, substance data and other related chemistry information using a highly performant chemical structure search engine. Supported by continuous updates and robust taxonomies, Reaxys can be searched using natural language, drawn chemical structures, formulas, physical property parameters, and more. Trusted for over 30 years by large pharma, innovative startups, large tech, private and public sector research hubs and universities alike, Reaxys is a partner to the pharma, medicinal chemistry and chemical industries.
About the Role
The Reaxys team is seeking a Cheminformatician to help develop solutions at the intersection of chemistry and technology. Working closely with the Product team, you’ll translate scientific questions into software features and workflows, using AI Assistants to support and accelerate development. The role calls for technical creativity and familiarity with AI-assisted software engineering paradigms.
You will work in a global environment, collaborating with colleagues across continents, and leveraging the latest AI-powered development tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Bridge chemistry, cheminformatics and software engineering, translating scientific questions into molecular data representations, software features and computational workflows.
- Design and develop scalable, maintainable and production-quality software.
- Apply cheminformatics methods to molecular data, including molecular representations and chemical data validation.
- Collaborate with chemists, data scientists, Product and engineering teams to define requirements and evaluate computational results.
- Architect and develop distributed software systems.
- Work with cheminformatics tools and libraries such as RDKit or ChemAxon.
- Use modern AI-assisted development tools to support and accelerate software engineering.
Required Qualifications:
- Academic background in Cheminformatics, Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Biochemistry or a related scientific discipline.
- Relevant professional experience combining cheminformatics with software or technology development.
- Experience working with molecular data, chemical representations and data validation.
- Strong programming skills in Java and/or Python.
- Experience developing maintainable, production-quality software and an understanding of distributed systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate scientific requirements into technical solutions.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in an international, multidisciplinary environment.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working with flexibility between office and home
- Work in an international and collaborative environment
- Opportunity to work on products with real impact on scientific research and discovery
- Access to modern technologies and AI-assisted development tools
- Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development
- Collaboration with experts across chemistry, data science, product and software engineering
- Be part of Elsevier, a global organization supporting researchers and healthcare professionals worldwide
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to combine software engineering with real scientific impact. You’ll help develop technology that enables researchers and scientists to access, understand and work with complex chemical information. If you enjoy turning complex scientific challenges into scalable technology and want to contribute to tools that support research and discovery worldwide, we’d love to hear from you.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes. Through trusted content, data and digital solutions, we support our customers in making better decisions, driving innovation and tackling some of the world’s most complex challenges. At Elsevier, you’ll be part of an international and collaborative environment where technology and scientific expertise come together to make a meaningful impact.
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Skills Required
- Academic background in Cheminformatics, Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related scientific discipline
- Relevant professional experience combining cheminformatics with software or technology development
- Experience working with molecular data, chemical representations, and data validation
- Strong programming skills in Java and/or Python
- Experience developing maintainable, production-quality software
- Understanding of distributed systems
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to translate scientific requirements into technical solutions
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in an international, multidisciplinary environment
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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