Senior Full Stack Engineer

About Us
Working in technology at Elsevier means your work truly matters — it helps shape the future of healthcare, education, and scientific discovery. As a Senior Fullstack Engineer, you'll see the real-world impact of your code in the lives of researchers, educators, and healthcare professionals. Whether you're designing scalable systems, optimizing performance, or mentoring teammates, your contributions will help drive innovation and reliability across our platforms.

About The Team
We are a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering team focused on delivering high-impact web applications and services. This role supports long-term strategic goals, including transitioning from consulting dependencies to full-time roles that strengthen our internal capabilities and ensure sustainable growth.

About The Role
We're looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer who thrives in inclusive, collaborative environments and is passionate about building secure, scalable, and user-friendly web applications. You'll work across the stack—from backend services and APIs to frontend interfaces—partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions. Your leadership will help shape architecture, DevOps practices, and team growth.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement services, APIs, and UIs; decompose monoliths where beneficial.
• Drive technical roadmaps, make pragmatic build-vs-buy decisions, and author ADRs.
• Build REST/GraphQL APIs using Laravel or Symfony; enforce PSR standards.
• Optimize data modeling with MySQL/PostgreSQL and implement caching with Redis.
• Handle asynchronous processing via queues/streams (RabbitMQ/Kafka).
• Build accessible, performant UIs with React or Vue; manage state with Redux.
• Optimize bundles, code-split, and implement robust form/data fetching patterns.
• Implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions, containerization with Docker, and basic Kubernetes familiarity.
• Apply automated testing using PHPUnit/Pest, Jest/Vitest, Playwright/Cypress.
• Ensure observability through logs, metrics, tracing, and error monitoring (New Relic).
• Apply security best practices including OWASP Top 10, secure secrets, and SCA hygiene.
• Mentor engineers, perform thoughtful code reviews, and foster a culture of learning.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to break down work, estimate, and ensure predictable delivery.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 4+ years building production APIs in PHP (Symfony a plus).
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills across React or Vue and
• Deep knowledge of relational databases and SQL performance.
• Experience designing and versioning REST/GraphQL APIs; authentication/authorization (JWT/OAuth/OpenID Connect).
• Solid testing strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end; CI pipelines and code quality tooling (ESLint/Prettier).

• Working knowledge of cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and containerized deploys.

• Python experience for services, scripts, or data workflows (FastAPI, Flask, Django) is a plus.

• Familiarity with Pandas, Celery/Airflow, or ML integration is a plus.
• Clear, inclusive communication and the ability to explain complex trade-offs.
• Product mindset: focus on outcomes, simplicity, and iterative delivery.
• Ownership, initiative, and a mentorship/teaching orientation.

• Experience with the following tech stack is beneficial:

• Backend: PHP 8.x, Symfony, Composer; for tooling/SSR.

• Frontend: React ) or Vue (Vite/Nuxt), TypeScript.
• Data: MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis; optional Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
• Infra: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (ECS/EKS/Lambda), Terraform; CDN/WAF (CloudFront/Cloudflare).
• Quality & DX: PHPUnit/Pest, Jest/Vitest, Playwright/Cypress, PHPStan/Psalm, ESLint, Prettier.

Working For You
We care about your wellbeing and success. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• Private Medical/Dental Plan
• Savings Fund
• Life Insurance
• Meal/Grocery Voucher

About The Business
Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes. We combine quality content with powerful technology to support education, research, and clinical decision-making. Join us and be part of a team that's shaping the future of digital innovation in science and healthcare.

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