Elsevier

Software Engineering Lead

Pennsylvania, USA · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$115k-$192kDetected 63 days ago

PythonBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewKubernetesCI/CDAPI DevelopmentLLMsLangGraphAgileResearchLeadershipMentoring

About the role

This role sits between senior engineers and principal-level leadership, with strong ownership of outcomes and day-to-day technical direction.
Our mission is to enable product teams to safely, reliably, and efficiently embed generative AI into their workflows - without each team reinventing core infrastructure, patterns, or controls.

Providing technical leadership for the AI Platform team, guiding design and implementation of shared AI services and components.
Designing, developing, and maintaining backend services and APIs, primarily in Python, with some Java.
Reviewing designs and code, providing clear, constructive feedback and maintaining a high-quality bar.
Mentoring and support engineers through pairing, code reviews, and technical coaching.
Proactively identifying technical risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and drive them to resolution.
Demonstrated experience acting as a technical lead on complex backend or platform systems.

Extensive professional software engineering experience.
Proficiency in Python, with working knowledge of Java.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and cloud-native application development.
Proven ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership and coordination.
Experience working in Agile or Kanban teams, collaborating across functions.

The AI Platform (US) team builds and operates shared AI capabilities that power more than 13 products across the company.
We focus on building reusable, production-grade AI services, developer tooling, and platform abstractions that allow downstream teams to move fast while maintaining high standards for scalability, security, and observability.
We are seeking a Software Engineering Lead to provide hands-on technical leadership for the AI Platform (US) team.
What We're Looking For

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