Senior Software Engineer
LexisNexis South Africa|Posted 26 days ago
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Senior Software Engineer
About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be involved in research, design, and software development within a specific software functional area or product line. You will provide direct input on project plans, schedules, and methodologies while designing software across multiple systems. Additionally, you will be mentoring junior team members and translating customer requirements into effective solutions.
Responsibilities
• Leading software design and development across multiple systems.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to finalize technical requirements.
• Developing, testing, and maintaining complex software components.
• Implementing best practices in coding, development methodologies, and code reviews.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, ensuring optimal system performance.
• Operating in Agile, Waterfall, and other development environments while working with stakeholders.
• Mentoring and training junior software engineers, guiding them on development methodologies and optimization techniques.
• Staying up to date with emerging technologies and industry advancements.
Requirements
• Have professional experience in a software engineering role.
• Have Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Be proficient in dot net, C# , Angular, GIT including SQL and data manipulation.
• Have advanced understanding of data modelling, storage subsystems, and data manipulation techniques.
• Have hands-on experience with Agile and Waterfall approaches, test-driven development, and coding best practices.
• Be able to analyze, debug, and resolve complex software issues.
• Have experience guiding junior developers in technical best practices.
• Have solid written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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.
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About LexisNexis South Africa
LexisNexis South Africa is a leading provider of content and technology solutions, and part of RELX, a major publisher and information provider that serves customers in more than 175 countries with more than 30,000 employees worldwide. Our purpose is to advance the rule of law around the world. Publishing laws and enabling access to justice is at our core.
In November 2015 LexisNexis® South Africa established itself as a leader in conveyancing solutions in the South African legal market with its acquisition of a 100% stake in Korbitec (Pty) Ltd, a provider of content-enabled workflow solutions for South African property professionals. Korbitec’s offering includes two industry leaders, GhostConvey and Windeed.
The most important part of our business is its people, who are diverse in culture and possess unique skills that help drive our projects from one success to another.
At the core of our information technology operation is a team of software engineers, who constitute a third of our total staff complement. They carry out software research and development that keeps LexisNexis at the cutting edge of IT innovation, building the products that support our operations in South Africa as well as internationally.
Perks at LexisNexis South Africa
Tech Stack
application and data
utilities
dev ops
business tool
