R107794 Software Engineering Lead (WinDeed) (Open)
LexisNexis South Africa|Posted 9 days ago
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**About our Team
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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
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We are seeking a Software Engineering Lead to guide and support a collaborative team of engineers. In this role, you will partner with cross‑functional stakeholders including product, support, and management to deliver high‑quality solutions and foster a positive team environment.
You will balance hands‑on technical work with leadership responsibilities, including mentoring, prioritization, and decision‑making. Effort distribution typically includes implementation, project coordination, and team leadership, though this may shift depending on team needs.
You will help shape the team’s technical direction, promote effective engineering practices, and ensure a safe, inclusive, and growth‑oriented workspace.
**Responsibilities
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Oversee release management, including test planning, rollback planning, communication, and release documentation.
Support resource planning and administrative activities such as scheduling, performance conversations, and career development check‑ins.
Lead project coordination activities, including agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and stakeholder engagement.
Provide technical leadership in solution design, implementation quality, engineering best practices, and team coaching.
Develop and maintain technical, operational, and resource plans to support long‑term stability and improvement.
Assist with escalated queries routed to the development team.
Contribute to hands‑on development, including coding, automation testing, and DevOps tasks, as well as reviewing new features and enhancements.
Perform additional duties as needed to support the team and product.
**Requirements
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Experience serving as a senior software engineer or solutions architect, including mentoring other engineers.
Strong understanding of software engineering principles (e.g., SOLID) and industry best practices.
Proficiency in SQL, C# , .NET, Angular, Git, and Azure pipelines.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics to diverse audiences.
Demonstrated ability to build collaborative team environments and support healthy team dynamics.
Strong organizational, planning, and change‑management skills.
Commitment to ethical practices, accountability, and a culture of trust and respect.
**Work in a way that works for you
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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
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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.
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