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About The Business

Elsevier eCommerce is responsible for enabling and advancing digital commerce capabilities that support Elsevier's products, customers, and global business objectives. As part of our continued transformation, we are investing in Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service to build scalable, composable, and cloud-native commerce solutions that enhance customer experience, increase business agility, and support the delivery of modern digital journeys across our platforms.

About The Team

The team is responsible for the design, development, and ongoing enhancement of Elsevier's eCommerce platform across storefront, integration, and extensibility layers. This includes building modern composable storefront experiences, developing full-stack integrations, and extending platform capabilities through Adobe App Builder applications and services. The team operates with an API-first, cloud-native engineering mindset and is committed to delivering solutions that meet high standards for quality, performance, security, and maintainability.

About The Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer 1 (SSWE 1) to contribute to the development and evolution of Elsevier's eCommerce platform on Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service. The role will span frontend development, full-stack integration, and App Builder-based extensibility, with a particular focus on building modern composable storefront experiences using React. The role will also involve developing App Builder applications, extensions, and integrations using Node.js, npm, and cloud-native development patterns.

The successful candidate will bring strong experience in modern frontend engineering, full-stack development, API-first architecture, and cloud-based integration patterns. This role requires the ability to work effectively across user experience, backend-for-frontend, integration, and extensibility layers, while ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, high-performing, and maintainable.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop scalable solutions for Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service across frontend and App Builder layers
Build and enhance composable storefront experiences using React and modern component-based architecture
Develop reusable and maintainable UI components integrated with backend commerce services
Design and develop App Builder-based extensions, integrations, and supporting services
Build and maintain full-stack solutions spanning frontend, APIs, middleware, and cloud-based extensibility components
Use Node.js/npm to develop and manage App Builder applications and supporting services
Implement and consume GraphQL and REST APIs to support storefront and business workflows
Support event-driven and API-based integrations between Adobe Commerce and internal or external services
Collaborate with architects, backend engineers, QA, product owners, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
Contribute to technical design, solutioning, and engineering best practices
Ensure code quality through peer reviews, automated testing, and secure development practices
Troubleshoot issues across frontend, backend integration, and extensibility layers
Support CI/CD, deployment, configuration, and environment setup as part of the delivery lifecycle
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to overall team capability building

Required Skills And Experience

Strong experience in JavaScript and TypeScript
Strong experience in React, Node.js and npm
Strong experience in frontend development using modern component-based frameworks and libraries, including responsive design.
Experience in full-stack development, including frontend, backend APIs, and integration layers
Strong understanding of responsive, accessible, and high-performance web application development
Good understanding of API-first architecture
Hands-on experience with GraphQL and/or REST API integration
Experience building reusable frontend components and working with modern UI architecture patterns
Experience designing or developing backend services, middleware, or server-side integration components
Strong software engineering fundamentals including clean code, unit testing, debugging, and code reviews
Experience with Git, branching strategies, pull request workflows, and CI/CD practices
Experience working in Agile delivery teams
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Nice to Have

Experience with Adobe Commerce or other headless/composable commerce platforms
Experience working on Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service
Experience with composable storefront architecture
Experience building integrations or extensions using Adobe Developer App Builder
Experience with cloud-native application patterns and event-driven integrations
Exposure to observability, logging, and monitoring practices
Experience working in enterprise platforms with security and compliance requirements
Adobe Developer App Builder / Runtime for extensibility
Experience developing accessible frontend applications, with a strong understanding of accessibility standards and best practices

Expectations

Own medium to large technical deliverables with limited supervision
Translate business and technical requirements into scalable full-stack implementations
Drive engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring
Identify and proactively manage technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and maintainability issues
Contribute to engineering standards, reusable patterns, and team best practices
Work effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders

Education / Background

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of software engineering experience with strong exposure to frontend, full-stack development, and integration-led delivery

Work in a way that works for you: -

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, family leave and tuition reimbursement, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and 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 wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.
Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.
Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for your loved ones.
Group Accident Insurance: Extra protection for accidental death and permanent disablement.
Flexible Working Arrangement: Achieve a harmonious work-life balance.
Employee Assistance Program: Access support for personal and work-related challenges.
Medical Screening: Your well-being is a top priority.
Modern Family Benefits: Maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
Long-Service Awards: Recognizing dedication and commitment.
New Baby Gift: Celebrating the joy of parenthood.
Subsidized Meals in Chennai: Enjoy delicious meals at discounted rates.
Various Paid Time Off: Take time off with Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.
Free Transport pick up and drop from the home -office - home (applies in Chennai)

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. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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