Engineering Excellence Director (AI-Driven SDLC)

RELX INC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

RELX is seeking a Director of Engineering Practices to shape engineering excellence by embedding modern practices and AI-assisted development across the software lifecycle. Collaborate with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to drive consistency, quality, and cost-efficient delivery.

You will translate architecture standards into actionable tools, artifacts, and workflows, while maintaining hands-on involvement with tooling and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of architectural and software development methodologies.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices and AI-assisted development.
• Ability to quickly comprehend new technologies and translate them into workable tools and processes.
• Experience delivering complex projects and working with customers or internal stakeholders.
• Ability to translate technical findings into clear recommendations for engineering leadership.
• Familiarity with architectural design and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical implementation of practices, processes, workflows, and tooling that improve product development.
• Own the translation of architecture standards, engineering best practices, and guardrails into actionable artifacts and workflows across the SDLC.
• Build and maintain tooling and processes that surface architectural and quality risks throughout the SDLC.
• Stay hands-on with tools and AI coding capabilities used across product development, including code review and prototyping.
• Help product teams tackle complex technical problems and escalate to senior engineers when needed.
• Own decisions and best practices established by the Architecture Board and ensure adoption across SDLC.
• Drive adoption of internal engineering platforms, developer tooling, and reusable components.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies to inform engineering standards and pilot workflow improvements.

Skills

Architectural design

Software engineering practices

AI-assisted development

Stakeholder management

Governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

RELX is seeking a Director of Engineering Practices to shape engineering excellence by embedding modern practices and AI-assisted development across the software lifecycle. Collaborate with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to drive consistency, quality, and cost-efficient delivery.

You will translate architecture standards into actionable tools, artifacts, and workflows, while maintaining hands-on involvement with tooling and code reviews.