Senior Software Engineer (Python/Terraform/AWS)

Company: Elsevier
Apply for the Senior Software Engineer (Python/Terraform/AWS)
Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will design and deliver secure, production-ready software and cloud infrastructure in AWS to support services where trust and security are critical. You will work within a cross-functional Agile team to shape engineering standards and mentor colleagues, driving continuous improvement and reliable releases. Your work will cover monitoring, alerting, and scalable infrastructure that supports education and health-record related products. This is an opportunity to influence security practices, operational excellence, and the adoption of modern DevOps in a global product environment.

Pay / Benefits

  • flexible hours
  • wellbeing initiatives
  • shared parental leave
  • study assistance
  • sabbaticals

Responsibilities

  • Deliver software engineering services for security‑critical products
  • Build production-ready software with stability, scalability, and security in mind
  • Set up and maintain AWS infrastructure for deploying business logic
  • Develop monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for service operations
  • Maintain a high-quality engineering pipeline for predictable releases
  • Collaborate in a cross-functional Agile team to support products and services
  • Elevate code quality and engineering standards through collaboration
  • Mentor team members and drive process improvements and positive change

Key requirements

  • Experience with AWS
  • Strong experience using GitHub Actions in CI/CD pipelines
  • Solid Python knowledge
  • Experience with JavaScript/Node front-end technologies
  • Experience with Web Application Firewall (WAF) technologies and Cloudflare features
  • Solid working experience with Git and SQL
  • Knowledge of Terraform and Linux
  • Familiarity with RESTful services, event-driven architectures, scripting, testing in CI/CD environments, and Agile DevOps practices
  • collaboration
  • mentoring
  • quality focus
  • AWS
  • GitHub Actions
  • Python

Posted: September 14th, 2026