Software Engineering Lead

Would you enjoy working on our cutting-edge products?

Do you enjoy collaborating with others?

About the Business:

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com

About our team:

Our team operates in squads, each consisting of a Squad Lead, Business Analyst, Dev Lead, Developers, and Testers. This structure enhances connectivity and allows for faster delivery as all resources work together on dedicated tasks.

About the role:

This position serves as a Software Engineering lead for a specific team of Software Engineers. In addition to writing code on complex systems and applications, this position has direct responsibilities for delivery and line management of core engineering roles within their team.

At RELX, we are committed to advancing gender diversity within the technology sector and supporting greater representation of women in tech. To further this commitment, RELX has implemented the following initiatives:

Women in Technology (WiT) Mentoring Program: This program is tailored to enhance career development for female talent in tech roles across all our businesses.

Women’s Network Forum: We offer dedicated forums that foster community, mentorship, and professional growth for women.

Inspiring Future Talent: We actively engage with schools, hosting events to inspire young females to consider and pursue careers in technology.

Responsibilities

Working closely with other Development team members to understand product requirements and translate them into software designsImplementing development processes, coding best practices, and code reviewsOperating in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholdersCompleting complex bug fixes, resolving technical issues, and working with complex data modelsManaging your team, including interviewing, hiring, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, and giving appropriate feedbackProviding accurate effort and cost estimates for deliverablesEncouraging new ideas from staff to foster improvements through innovations and empowering them to be accountableSeeking diverse ideas and perspectives from a variety of sources to create better solutions, products and services

Requirements

Have excellent communication skills and the ability to convey information clearly to a wide audienceHave the ability to partner with and lead internal and external technology resources to solve business needsHave good knowledge of test-driven development/BDD testing Frameworks Junit, Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin and industry best practicesEffective monitoring, alerting and visualisation (Kibana, Elasticsearch)Have an excellent understanding of data modeling principles, data manipulation languages, and storage systemsBe an expert in development languages Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka/SQS  and Microservices.Show an aptitude for achieving business objectives through managing othersBe able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills when dealing with multiple priorities, and be able to think analyticallyBe a natural problem solver and able to take a lead in collaborating to resolve issuesLearn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work here#LI-MH1 #LI-Hybrid

At LexisNexis Risk Solutions, having diverse employees with different perspectives is key to creating innovative new products for our global customers. We have 30 diversity employee networks globally and prioritize inclusive leadership and equitable processes as part of our culture. Our aim is for every employee to be the best version of themselves. We would actively welcome applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups.

We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK .

Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy.