At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and maintain data pipelines using Python, SQL, and Spark.
- Company: Join a global leader in information and analytics, making a real-world impact.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, generous vacation, and comprehensive pension plan.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with excellent growth opportunities and well-being initiatives.
- Why this job: Advance your career while contributing to innovative AI-driven research solutions.
- Qualifications: 2-3 years of experience in data or software engineering with a collaborative mindset.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Are you passionate about building scalable, high-performance data-driven applications? Do you enjoy turning complex datasets into robust, reliable systems that deliver real business impact?
About the team: The Search and AI Platform supports core products such as Scopus, ScienceDirect, and AI‐driven research solutions. As a Junior Data Engineer, you will work hands-on building and maintaining data pipelines and services, growing your skills alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative team environment.
About the role: This position is suited for an early-career professional with 2–3 years of experience who will contribute to research, design, and software development assignments within a software functional area or product line. Working under the guidance of senior team members, this position supports project delivery by participating in planning discussions and following established methodologies. The role involves contributing to software design at the component level, learning and applying best practices through hands-on work and code reviews, and developing communication skills by engaging with team members to understand requirements and translate them into solutions.
Key responsibilities:
- Building and maintaining data pipelines and services under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Working with technologies such as Python, SQL, Spark, and Airflow to process large-scale data.
- Using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, or Codex as part of your workflow.
- Contributing to ELT and ETL pipelines for data ingestion into search, graph, and relational data stores.
- Writing clean, well-tested code and learning best-practice software engineering principles, including CI/CD.
- Contributing to cloud infrastructure on AWS, with support from the wider team.
- Participating in code reviews and actively seeking feedback to accelerate your growth.
- Collaborating with product, platform, and data science teams to deliver business value.
Requirements:
- 2–3 years of commercial experience as a data or software engineer, including some exposure to production systems.
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Spark.
- Basic understanding of data engineering concepts including batch processing and relational databases.
- Some hands-on experience with data pipeline tools; exposure to Spark or Airflow is a plus.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably AWS); production experience is not required.
- A collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and communicate openly within the team.
Nice to have:
- Exposure to data lake concepts or formats such as Delta Lake or Iceberg.
- Any experience with search, graph, or large-scale analytical databases.
- Interest in AI, machine learning pipelines, or embedding generation.
Why join us? Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.
Work in a way that works for you: We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives and shared parental leave, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working for you: We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Comprehensive Pension Plan
- Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
- Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and Family Care Leave
- Flexible working hours
- Personal Choice budget
- Internal communities and networks
- Various employee discounts
- Recruitment introduction reward
- Employee Assistance Program (global)
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.
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 or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
We are 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.
