Software Engineer (React, Node.js, TypeScript)

Would you like to shape and scale modern, production-grade web experiences that help customers innovate and make better decisions? Are you excited to lead technical direction, mentor others, and improve developer experience by using AI-assisted tools responsibly? About our Team Elsevier is a global information analytics company that helps institutions and professionals progress science, advance healthcare and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. Our dynamic agile teams deliver technology that helps researchers publish high-quality scientific research. The Software Engineer contributes to building capabilities that improve the quality of scientific research. About the Role You will build and evolve complex, production-grade front-end experiences using React and TypeScript/JavaScript, while collaborating across the stack with Node.js and Express services. You’ll help drive architectural decisions and platform improvements, with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and scalable delivery. You’ll also explore AI-assisted and agentic tools to improve workflows in line with team guidelines and strong engineering practices. The role will be 80% front end development and 20% back end development Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain production-grade, complex front end features using React and TypeScript/Javascript, and support back end services built with Node.js and Express. Lead and influence architectural discussions, technical design decisions, and long term platform improvements. Build scalable and maintainable RESTful APIs, ensuring reliability, performance, and best practice implementation. Write high quality, testable code and enforce strong engineering standards through TDD and meaningful test coverage. Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to coding practices. Exploring opportunities to use AI assisted and agentic tools (for example, code assistants, test generation or documentation agents) to improve development workflows, while following team guidelines and good engineering practices. Requirements Strong production grade React and TypeScript/Javascript skills, with experience delivering at scale Professional software engineering experience Proven experience building scalable, high availability systems using TypeScript/Javascript, Node.js with Express, HTML/CSS Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs Advanced understanding of modern software development methodologies, such as Agile/Scrum Familiarity with modern collaboration and development tools: Git/GitHub, JIRA, Confluence Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues, contributing to overall platform stability and quality Ability to work with backend services in Python or Java to debug and extend the full data path 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-term goals. 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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By combining high-quality content with powerful analytics, we transform complexity into clarity and deliver mission-critical insights that help professionals make better decisions when it matters most. We deliver insights that help research institutions, governments, and funders achieve their goals. We help researchers discover and share knowledge, collaborate, and accelerate innovation. We help librarians provide verified, quality information to universities. We help innovators turn knowledge into new products. We help health professionals improve patient care and educators train the next generation of doctors and nurses. Connecting quality content and innovative technologies, we make progress go further and happen faster. And by championing inclusion and sustainability, we ensure progress benefits all. With 9,500 employees, over 2,300 technologists in 5 major tech hubs, and more than 60 locations across the globe, we are committed to supporting the scientific and healthcare communities around the world. We offer a diverse range of opportunities across technology, commercial, business, and early career jobs. If you are looking for a career that inspires progress in science, innovation and health, and allows you to grow every day, find your team at Elsevier. Elsevier is part of RELX Group. Let’s shape progress together. Join us. elsevier.com/about/careers