Senior Software Engineer I
RELX
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Cape Town, Western Cape
Contract type: Full time
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 Senior Software Engineer, is an experienced professional and will undertake difficult research, design and software development assignments within a software functional area or product line, and provides direct input to project plans, schedules and methodology in the development of cross-functional software products under the guidance of more senior members of the squad. This position performs software design - typically across multiple components; is developing the skills of mentoring more junior members of the team and works with others to talk to users/customers and translates their requests into solutions.
Responsibilities
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.
Benefits
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:
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.
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 Senior Software Engineer, is an experienced professional and will undertake difficult research, design and software development assignments within a software functional area or product line, and provides direct input to project plans, schedules and methodology in the development of cross-functional software products under the guidance of more senior members of the squad. This position performs software design - typically across multiple components; is developing the skills of mentoring more junior members of the team and works with others to talk to users/customers and translates their requests into solutions.
Responsibilities
- Write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of complex system components.
- Implements and guides other to continuous integration, delivery, and deployment software delivery practices.
- Identifies operational requirements for logging, instrumentation and alerting and works with Senior II to ensure operational requirements are met
- Proficient in implementing continuous integration, delivery, and deployment software delivery practices.
- Aware of operational requirements and implementation for logging, instrumentation, and alerting Work closely with other development team members to understand product complex requirements and translate them into software designs.
- Operate in various development environments (Agile) while collaborating with key stakeholders.
- Pair Programming with squad members to support the learning and development of others
- Develop skills to Mentor less senior software developers on development methodologies and optimization techniques.
- Have professional experience in a Software Engineering role
- BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
- Confident practitioner in development languages including but not limited to: C#, .Net, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL, Windows.
- Intermediate knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile)
- Be familiar with containerization and cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure
- Ability to interface competently with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements
- Knowledge of test-driven development
- Ability to write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of complex system components
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
Benefits
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
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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