Software Engineering Lead
LexisNexis South Africa|Posted 8 days ago
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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
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As a Software Engineering Lead, you will guide and support a diverse team of engineers while collaborating with product, support, and business partners to deliver high‑quality solutions. This role combines hands-on technical work, people leadership, and project delivery.
You will help shape technical direction, mentor team members, and contribute to building an inclusive, psychologically safe, and high‑performing team environment. You will balance leadership responsibilities with direct implementation work, adjusting your focus as business needs evolve.
**Responsibilities
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Release management inclusive of sign off for a well-formed test plan, rollback plan communication plan and release notes.
Resource management inclusive of administrative duties such as time and attendance, resource planning, performance management, 1 on 1 chats and career development.
Project management duties such as agile ceremonies, backlog refinement and business engagement.
Technical leadership in solution design, technical implementation, output quality and coaching of team members in accordance with software engineering best practices and design patterns.
Owning the team strategy for futureproofing, maintenance and improvement. This consists of the technical, operational and resource level plans.
Support management of queries escalated to the development team
Implementation (writing code, automation tests and devops activities), complex technical specifications and review of new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
All other duties assigned.
Requirements
Experience leading or mentoring software engineers, typically gained through 3+ years in a senior engineering or architectural role and approximately 7+ years in the technology field.
Knowledge of software engineering principles (e.g., SOLID) and modern development best practices.
Proficiency with SQL, data manipulation, .NET, C# , Angular, Git, and Azure Pipelines (or similar tools).
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
Ability to foster teamwork, support inclusive collaboration, and navigate team dynamics effectively.
Strong organizational, planning, and change‑management skills.
Commitment to ethical behavior, accountability, and building a positive team culture.
**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
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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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