Software Engineer II

Software Engineer II - Frontend

About Our Team:

Elsevier's Academic & Government (A&G) is committed to advancing research, education, and institutional success through intelligent, purpose-driven technology and analytics. From empowering faculty and researchers with tools to enhance institutional planning, research assessment, and academic discovery, our solutions support the full research and education lifecycle. By integrating data, workflows, and insights across teaching, research, and strategic decision-making, we help universities, colleges, funders, and governments navigate complexity, demonstrate impact, and drive meaningful outcomes in a rapidly evolving academic landscape.

About The Role:

Elsevier is committed to delivering consistent, accessible, and high-quality user experiences across a wide range of our digital products. As a Frontend Developer, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of our web applications and interfaces.

We're looking for a passionate and detail-oriented individual to help us build scalable, performant, and developer-friendly frontend solutions. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with designers, developers from multiple product teams, and accessibility experts to create reusable components and patterns that ensure quality and consistency across Elsevier's digital ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI interface using React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling
• Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and accessibility experts to deliver interfaces that are visually consistent, WCAG-compliant, and performant
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices for readability, reusability, and long-term scalability
• Optimize application performance & web vitals by applying techniques such as code-splitting, lazy loading, bundle size reduction, and efficient rendering patterns
• Establish and maintain comprehensive test coverage, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture decisions to ensure quality and consistency across the codebase
• Stay current with industry trends in frontend engineering, accessibility, and performance, bringing insights back to evolve and improve our products

Requirements:

• A collaborative and forward-thinking mindset with a strong sense of ownership and adaptability.
• Passion for modern software development and delivering high-quality products in an agile environment.
• Strong attention to detail and a user-centric approach, you think beyond the UI and consider accessibility, maintainability, and long-term value.
• Proven experience developing web applications with React (and Next.js).
• Expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend development best practices.
• Deep understanding of performance optimization techniques such as code-splitting, lazy loading, minimizing bundle size, and optimizing rendering.
• Familiarity with modern bundlers like Webpack or Vite, and experience working with shared UI components/libraries.
• Experience building accessible web interfaces that adhere to WCAG guidelines.
• Solid knowledge of testing best practices, including unit testing (Jest, Mocha), component testing (Testing Library), and end-to-end testing (Cypress, Playwright).
• Knowledge of version control systems like Git and branching strategies (e.g., GitFlow).
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, microservices, and containerized environments and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).

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, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

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:

• Flexible working
• Coverage by the Company's pension and insurance scheme after 3 months of employment
• Discounted Health Insurance Membership
• The option of employer paid internet services
• Generous leave types
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to Well Being & Employee Assistance Programs
• RECARES days, giving you 2 days per annum to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
• Access to employee offers and discounts.
• Additional office location benefits

About Business:

Elsevier is building modern, scalable, and accessible web applications that power research and knowledge-sharing worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of design and engineering, ideal for someone who enjoys crafting elegant, accessible UI solutions while solving complex technical challenges at scale.