Consulting/Principal Software Engineer

relx; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

RELX Inc., d/b/a LexisNexis USA, seeks a senior software leader to drive large, multi-functional development initiatives. You will design data models, collaborate with customers, and mentor engineers on scalable systems and modern web interfaces.

The role emphasizes building cloud-native microservices with AWS, Java, Spring Boot, and strong API design, while guiding performance optimizations and reliability engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in a related field.
• 7 years of experience in software development roles.
• Experience with cloud-native microservices and AWS.
• Experience with Java and Spring Boot for processing and analyzing documents.
• Expertise in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead large software development activities.
• Serve as primary technical contact for external resources.
• Design input across software products and mentor engineers.
• Build scalable data models and intelligent document-processing solutions.
• Create UI/UX for web applications using modern frameworks.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

React

SQL

NoSQL

Solr/Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Jenkins

CloudFormation

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Develop and lead large multifunctional software development activities. Solve complex technical problems, as well as write complex code for computer systems, and serve as a senior source of expertise with respect to software development. Serve as a primary technical point of contact for external technology resources. Provide design input across a software product. Work directly with customers and end users to gather requirements. 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. Resolve complex technical issues as necessary and complete complex bug fixes. Design and work with complex data models related to software development. Mentor lead software developers interested in consultancy on development methodologies and optimization techniques. Perform other duties as needed.

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field required.

7 years of experience in job offered or related occupations required.

Also required is: 7 years of experience: building cloud-native microservices, using AWS, Java, and Spring Boot to process and analyze litigation, transactional documents, and to integrate with machine-learning algorithms that extract structured metadata from documents for law firms; designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems with microservices architecture, robust API design, and system-level optimizations to process and index millions of documents efficiently; utilizing cloud-native technologies, container orchestration platforms Kubernetes and Docker, and designing highly available, fault-tolerant systems; performing end-to-end system design and architecture to build intelligent document-processing solutions that extract entities, index them, and make them available for legal research; performing system design and architecture to make impactful technical decisions shaping product design; working on performance optimization, scalability improvements, and reliability engineering; developing UX/UI experiences using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, and React to create single-page applications that enable users to perform complex Boolean or natural-language searches, filter and view documents, and conduct legal research; working with relational databases including SQL, PL/SQL, and T-SQL, and ORM frameworks like Hibernate and JPA to persist extracted metadata and text content for reliable retrieval and downstream processing; working with search-engine technologies including Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, and OpenSearch to index documents and metadata, enabling advanced queries, filtering, and high-performance search capabilities; and working with CI/CD practices and automation, including building and deploying cloud-native microservices using Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform, and Azure DevOps to deliver backend services, frontend applications, and database components efficiently to internal systems and end users.

EMPLOYEES

Employee reports to RELX Inc. d/b/a LexisNexis USA office in Raleigh, NC, but may telecommute from any location within the U.S. Experience can be concurrent.

SALARY RANGE FOR REQ # R118852

$169,736.16 to $177,000.00/year + standard company benefits

This salary range is specifically for REQ# R118852 . Salary range listed below is general and covers all similar positions in the area and should not be considered for this specific position.

U.S. NATIONAL BASE PAY RANGE

$115,400 - $192,300. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

BENEFITS

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

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