Director of Engineering – AWS, Java & LLM Platforms

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; North Carolina; On-site; USD 136,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

LexisNexis CounselLink in Raleigh, North Carolina, seeks a Director of Engineering to lead multiple software teams, set technical direction, and ensure architectural and engineering standards are followed across AWS, Java-based services, and Solr-based enterprise search.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Ops, and business stakeholders to deliver on-time roadmaps, guide modernization efforts, and drive LLM-enabled workflows and MCP integrations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of software development management experience.
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams, engineering managers, senior engineers, or technical leads.
• BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS, cloud-based, or large-scale commercial software products preferred.
• Experience with legal technology, enterprise workflow, financial systems, or compliance-heavy domains preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple internal and external engineering teams supporting CounselLink.
• Manage, coach, hire, develop, and retain engineering managers, technical leads, and software engineers.
• Recommend and guide technical strategy across CounselLink product capabilities.
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, UX, QA, Security, DevOps, and business stakeholders to deliver product roadmap commitments.
• Ensure enterprise architecture standards, security standards, software development processes, and engineering best practices are followed.
• Guide modernization efforts across AWS, Java services, Solr search, LLM-enabled workflows, MCP integrations, and MCP Apps.
• Use engineering, operational, and delivery metrics to identify risks, improve execution, and support business decisions.
• Lead planning across project scope, budget, resources, timelines, risks, and dependencies.
• Support customer-impacting issues, production incidents, and technical escalations.
• Foster innovation, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
• Ensure staff receive clear goals, frequent feedback, coaching, training, and resources needed to succeed.
• Carry out management responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Skills

AWS

Java/J2EE

Solr

LLM

Model Context Protocol

Architecture

Leadership

Data modeling

Agile

Stakeholder management

Education

BS Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Apache Solr

MCP Apps

Job description

LexisNexis CounselLink in Raleigh, North Carolina, seeks a Director of Engineering to lead multiple software teams, set technical direction, and ensure architectural and engineering standards are followed across AWS, Java-based services, and Solr-based enterprise search.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Ops, and business stakeholders to deliver on-time roadmaps, guide modernization efforts, and drive LLM-enabled workflows and MCP integrations.