Principal Software Engineer
Job Description
Elsevier, a leading global information analytics company, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their team in London. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining their Enterprise API Platform, focusing on providing excellent developer experience both internally and externally. The position involves technical leadership, mentoring, and hands-on development using modern technologies including Java, Kubernetes, and AWS services.
As a Principal Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing solutions to meet product requirements, developing test-driven code, and supporting API platforms. The role requires expertise in various programming languages and modern cloud technologies, with a strong focus on AWS services and Kubernetes orchestration.
The company offers an impressive benefits package including comprehensive healthcare, generous holiday allowance, and various financial benefits such as pension schemes and share options. Elsevier's mission to advance healthcare and science through technology makes this an opportunity to contribute to meaningful global impact while working with cutting-edge technologies.
The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in backend development, cloud services, and containerization, combined with the ability to mentor others and drive technical decisions. This role offers the chance to work on enterprise-scale systems while maintaining a healthy work-life balance in a supportive environment that values professional growth and development.
Responsibilities For Principal Software Engineer
- Serve as a primary technical point of contact for external technology resources
- Provide design input across a product
- Work directly with customers and end users
- Serve as acknowledged 'go to' person on coding and technical issues
- Interface with other technical personnel to finalize requirements
- Write and review detailed specifications for system components
- Design and work with complex data models
- Mentor lead software developers on development methodologies and optimization techniques
Requirements For Principal Software Engineer
- Expertise in Java, JavaScript, Groovy, JSP, HTML, XML, SQL and bash
- Knowledge and experience of build tools – Maven and Gradle
- Knowledge and experience of relational DBMS – Postgresdb
- Knowledge of AWS services via Terraform - Secrets Manager, Kinesis Firehose, S3, Open Search
- Experience with New Relic, Kibana for observing metrics and configuring alerts
- Experience with Docker, containers, helm, kustomize for Kubernetes applications
- Knowledge of kubectl, k9s for managing k8s resources
- Knowledge of networks – AWS ACM certificates, VPC's, transit gateways (bonus)
Benefits For Principal Software Engineer
- Generous holiday allowance with option to buy additional days
- Health screening and private medical benefits
- Eye care vouchers
- Life assurance
- Contributory pension scheme
- Save As You Earn share option scheme
- Travel Season ticket loan
- Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Dental Insurance
- Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Emergency care for elderly and children
- Learning and development resources
- Employee discounts scheme
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