Job Description

Software Engineer – Java Integration

Location: Chennai, India

Purpose of your role:

As a software engineer, you will be working as an individual contributor closely with different business and technology groups to develop integration solutions across a multitude of platforms. In this role, you will be responsible for building and managing innovative integration platforms along with providing integration consulting to our partners. The role will be responsible for the various aspects of integration engineering, including middleware development, integration /middleware platform administration and DevOps. You will be required to collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders to understand business requirements and translating them into integration designs before working on the development lifecycle.

In this role, you will be working with stakeholders from various business groups to solve integration problems like building APIs to support our eCommerce channels, Finance systems, Sales and Marketing teams. Building integrations that sync our Customer Service, Marketing team and primary data systems to ensure that they have a single truth view of the customers in each of these applications would be the kind of integrations you will be working on. Another example would be to design integrations that helps our financial credit controllers manage our revenue and APIs which our customers use to pay their invoices. You would be defining strategies for integrating systems running on public clouds with SaaS services along with driving frameworks for our integration platforms to help our colleagues build integrations with a lower cost of entry.

To be Successful in the Role:

Your success will be measured by your contribution to enable integrations with our business systems. You will be collaborating with various teams, both internal and external and providing cutting edge integration solutions using technologies like Apache Kafka, Apache Airflow, Redhat openshift, WSO2 API gateway. To do this you must deliver robust, scalable, appropriately consolidated, and maintainable platforms that marry efficiency with speed and flexibility to address fast-evolving business needs. You would also be expected to adapt quickly to the latest technology trends that would add value to our offerings. You must also act as a “trusted partner” to colleagues outside technology, offering innovation, insight, and guidance on the “art of the possible” across the technology ecosystems.

Experience:

• 3+ years of Software Engineering experience

Technical Skills Required as a Software Engineer – Integration:

• Restful and SOAP API development
• Development experience with Spring boot
• Development experience using Python or Java
• Strong research skills to understand integration requirements.
• Strong knowledge in industry best practices in development.
• Knowledge in using and developing applicable tool sets.
• Ability to work well with internal and external technology resources.
• Knowledge of test-driven development.
• Ability to write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of complex system components.
• Ability to complete complex bug fixes.
• Good oral and written communications skills.

Nice to Have but not essential to be a successful applicant:

• Experience of working AWS environment with focus on – Lambda, IAM roles, security, Terraform and CI /CD working practices
• Kubernetes and container management experience
• API management using WSO2

As a Software Engineer – Integration, you’ll be responsible for:

• Interface with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements.
• Write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of complex system components.
• Complete complex bug fixes.
• Work closely with other development team members to understand complex product requirements and translate them into software designs.
• Successfully implement development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
• Operate in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.
• Resolve complex technical issues as necessary.
• Train entry-level software engineers as directed by department management, ensuring they are knowledgeable in critical aspects of their roles.
• Keep abreast of new technology developments.
• Design and work with complex data models.
• Mentor less-senior software developers on development methodologies and optimization techniques.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work-life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that 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-term goals.

This role will accept applicants looking for flexibility for mostly remote work (please speak to the Talent Manager). Currently supporting full-time remote working during the Pandemic.

Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find a collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we will surround you with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.

Working for you

We want to protect your health, help you accumulate wealth and secure your future. We are therefore delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance
• Tax-free childcare support
• Parental leave options
• Health screening and private medical benefits
• Season ticket loan

Context of this role in Elsevier

One of Elsevier Technologies key goal is to provide a consistent integration ecosystem for its Business systems. This role would form a part of the core integration team which is responsible for consulting and integration platforms which support various business processes. These could be ranging from real-time APIs to more batch-oriented data flows connecting our business systems. The team is responsible for working closely with our partners to ensure that our integration offerings are aligned to the business. In doing so we align ourselves to help deliver a great experience to our customers while providing innovative & unified integration solutions to our various platforms. – Elsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. If a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran needs a reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, that individual should please contact accommodations@relx.com or if you are based in the US you may also contact us on 1.855.833.5120. Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy