About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,300 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About the Role

As a Software Engineering Lead, you will be serving as a Subject Matter Expert for your team. You will also write code for complex systems and applications, and input these into projects, schedules, and methodologies.

Responsibilities

Working closely with stakeholders to understand and finalize requirements
Implementing development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews
Acting as the initial point of escalation for software development issues
Completing complex bug fixes, resolving technical issues, and working with complex data models
Managing your team, including hiring, training, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, and giving appropriate feedback
Encouraging new ideas from staff to foster improvements through innovations and empowering them to be accountable

Requirements

Have a BS degree in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience
Have experience with various resource models such as Managed Services and/or Staff Augmentation
Have an advanced knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall)
Have extensive knowledge of industry best practices in external resource development
Have the ability to partner and lead internal and external technology resources in solving complex business problems
Have an excellent understanding of data modeling principles, data manipulation languages, and storage systems
Be an expert in development languages, including JAVA/J2EE, JavaScript, JSP, C/C++, HTML, XML, SQL, Windows, UNIX, and .Net
Have previous experience in people management and show an aptitude for achieving business objectives through managing others
Be proficient with data manipulation language including optimization techniques
Be proficient in AWS, NoSQL, Kubernetes, ElasticSearch

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:

Medical Aid
Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
Study Leave

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.