Consulting/Principal Software Engineer

Butterworths Limited Company; London Borough of Islington; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions seeks a senior technology leader to act as a technical authority across multiple engineering teams, shaping architecture, delivering scalable software and data solutions, and mentoring engineers to elevate development practices.

You will collaborate with customers and stakeholders, translate architectural direction into practical standards, and provide guidance on design, API development, and cloud deployments to drive high-quality products.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on C# software development experience.
• Experience designing and developing API-based solutions.
• Solid cloud technology experience, particularly AWS; Azure or others also relevant.
• Experience contributing to software architecture and technical design.
• Proven technical leadership and mentoring experience for engineering teams.
• Able to translate high-level architectural direction into practical standards and solutions.
• Demonstrable AI fluency with use of AI tools in software engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for 2 teams.
• Provide design input across a product.
• Work directly with customers and end users.
• Be the go-to person on coding and technical issues; interface to finalize requirements.
• Write and review specifications for system components of moderate complexity.
• Complete complex bug fixes.
• Design and work with complex data models.
• Mentor lead software developers in consultancy on development methods and optimization techniques.

Skills

C# development

API design

Cloud AWS

Software architecture

Technical leadership

AI fluency

Adaptability

Job description

About the Team

Are you passionate about building scalable data platforms and leading high-performing engineering teams to solve complex challenges? Do you enjoy shaping technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and delivering innovative solutions that help customers achieve better outcomes?

At LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions, our mission is to bring clarity to innovation by delivering better outcomes to the innovation community. Each and every day, the work our team does supports the development of new technologies and processes that ultimately advance humanity. Helping our customers reach their goals is our primary focus. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations and ultimately achieve superior results. Our overall success is measured by how well we deliver these results. We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavors to better humankind.

About the Role

As a senior technology leader, you will serve as a key technical authority across multiple engineering teams, driving the design, development, and optimization of complex software and data solutions. You will collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-quality products while providing technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance on development best practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for 2 teams.
• Provide design input across a product.
• Work directly with customers and end users.
• Serve as acknowledged “go to” person on coding and technical issues. Interface with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements.
• Write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of system components of moderate complexity.
• Complete complex bug fixes.
• Design and work with complex data models.
• Mentor lead software developers interested in consultancy on development methodologies and optimization techniques.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience in C# software development.
• Strong experience designing and developing API-based solutions.
• Solid cloud technology experience, particularly AWS, with Azure or other cloud platforms also relevant.
• Experience contributing to software architecture and technical design.
• Ability to translate high-level architectural direction into practical technical standards and solutions.
• Proven technical leadership and mentoring experience, with the ability to guide and develop engineering teams.
• Strong adaptability and ability to learn and apply evolving engineering and architectural practices.
• Demonstrable AI fluency, with experience using AI tools as part of day-to-day software engineering work.

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 Pattern

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.

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. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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 or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets and preventing bribery and corruption within their supply chains. We partner with leading global associations and customers to help collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. We endeavour to advance the rule of law across the world.Our teams are combining unparalleled legal and business information with analytics and technology to advance what’s possible for the way our customers work and to advance what’s possible in the world by strengthening the rule of law.