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.
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.
- 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.
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- Spark
- Airflow
- AWS
- CI/CD
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Junior
- 2-3 years
Benefits
- 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 Company
- 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.
- RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.
- Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.
- Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company.
- Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.
Equal Opportunity
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