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RELX INC Senior Software Engineer I in Martinsville, Indiana
About Our Team
Our team is responsible for Digital Commons, a best-in-class hosted software solution for institutions wishing to publish, manage and display their research and scholarship on the Web . Our customers include leading academic institutions, research institutes, and government agencies . We help librarians, researchers, scientists, and students make their work globally accessible .
We use Scrum , Kanban and select Extreme Programming practices, including user stories, automated testing, and continuous integration. We use GitHub pull requests and peer-review the code we write. We practice “dual-track agile,” interleaving discovery and prototyping with product development activities. We also play a lot of Codenames.
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Digital Commons development squad, you will help transform a monolithic legacy system into a suite of modern Web services and applications. This is not a mere migration exercise, but an opportunity to reimagine and rearchitect our product offering. Apply your creativity, past experiences, and technical chops to help us find opportunities to radically improve workflows and overall user experience and streamline our operations .
Responsibilities
Collaborating on product ideation, technical approach and solution design
Researching and evaluating technologies, architectures and design patterns
Translating product requirements into clear technical designs
Performing technical “spikes” to explore solutions and reduce uncertainty
Building Web applications and services, employing clean code and best practices
Maintaining and improving existing applications
Optimizing performance and resource use
Refactoring—your code and others’
Creating and maintaining automated tests
Participating in peer code reviews
Mentoring and training junior developers
Enacting our agile development process with a commitment to continuous improvement
Requirements
Be proficient in a high-level programming language ( Java or Python preferred)
Have server- and client-side W eb development skills, with expertise in one or the other
Have experience with REST, APIs, JSON, JavaScript and React (TypeScript desirable)
Have some experience migrating legacy systems, e.g., from monolith to services
Be able to design, create and query a relational database
Possess strong object-oriented design skills
Have employed agile methods (e.g., XP, Scrum)
Have experience deploying and maintaining cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
Have experience writing automated tests (TDD experience desirable)
Be able to communicate clearly in person and in writing
Be willing to collaborate with other developers, business stakeholders and customers
The salary range provided in this posting is the base salary range for California.$95,700.00 - $159,500.00
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. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
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RELX is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
We help scientists make new discoveries, lawyers win cases, doctors save lives and insurance companies offer customers lower prices. We save taxpayers and consumers money by preventing fraud and help executives forge commercial relationships with their clients.
In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.
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