Software Engineering Lead

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Software Engineering Lead responsible for driving technical strategy and team growth for CK AI Service at Elsevier. Collaborating with Data Science team to enhance product roadmaps and feature design.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timePhiladelphia • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,400 - $192,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Managing and mentoring of six direct reports.
Driving and owning the technical strategy and execution for the CK AI Service, including the design and governance of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows and API expansion.
Improving the delivery velocity, reducing bottlenecks and single points of failure, driving standardization, mentoring, and cross-functional alignment as the platform matures.
Establishing a sustainable leadership model to support the planned division and growth of the team.
Collaborating with our Data Science team to help drive product road map and feature design forward.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams
Established track record of creating high-performing, collaborative team environments and reducing knowledge silos
Ability to remove blockers, manage priorities, and improve delivery velocity across a team
Experience establishing scalable team structures and leadership models to support growth
Deep expertise in designing and delivering distributed systems and APIs at scale
Ability to define and execute technical strategies, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability
Experience with microservices architecture, API design, and system integration
Proven ability to identify and eliminate single points of failure and improve system resilience
Hands-on experience designing and implementing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows
Understanding of LLM integration and orchestration
Embeddings and vector search
Retrieval pipelines and ranking strategies
Experience building AI-powered APIs and services for production environments
Ability to govern and standardize AI patterns, including evaluation, observability, and performance optimization

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual incentive bonus
Country specific benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

distributed systemsAPI designsystem integrationmicroservices architectureretrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflowsLLM integrationembeddingsvector searchretrieval pipelinesranking strategies

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingprioritizationteam buildingcommunicationcross-functional alignmentstandardizationresilience improvement