Artificial Intelligence (AI) Analyst I

RELX; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information provider is looking for a candidate to develop and maintain AI tools within their legal content team. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify problems and create scalable solutions. Candidates should be proficient in programming languages such as Python or Java and should be familiar with AI development trends. The company promotes a healthy work/life balance and offers comprehensive benefits, including medical aid and retirement plans.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan including Risk Benefits

Modern family benefits

Study Leave

Qualifications

• Proficient in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, or React.
• Experience in prompt engineering and vector databases.
• Understanding of software deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Identify pain points with cross-functional teams and propose scalable solutions.
• Prototype, test, and iterate solutions in collaboration with end users.
• Automate build, testing, and deployment processes.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

React

Typescript

LLM integration

Prompt engineering

CI/CD tools

Job description

Overview

About the 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

This permanent role offers the opportunity to develop and maintain internal AI tools for our legal content team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about problem-solving, operational efficiency, and driving automation and AI development through code. You’ll work closely with AI developers, internal lawyers, paralegals, commissioning editors and product leaders to build innovative AI-powered solutions that deliver tangible internal business impact for our teams.

Responsibilities

• Working with cross-functional legal content teams to identify pain points and propose intelligent, scalable solutions.
• Rapidly prototype, test, and iterate solutions in collaboration with end users and internal stakeholders.
• Participating in automating build, testing, and deployment processes across development, staging of AI and automation solutions.
• Contributing to operational improvements by automating repetitive manual tasks and proactively managing recurring issues.
• Applying a creative and analytical thinking to evaluate problems and communicate technical solutions effectively.
• Operating within an agile development environment, contributing to sprints, standups, and reviews.

Requirements

• Be proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Java, C#, React, Typescript and be familiar with LLM integration, including APIs
• Have experience in prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), or vector databases
• Understand software deployment pipelines and CI/CD tools.
• Be comfortable debugging and resolving moderately complex AI bugs.
• Have prior experience in a Software Engineering role or AI developer role within an agile environment.
• Have strong interest in emerging trends in AI, automation, and software development.
• Demonstrate the ability to explain complex technical problems to non-technical audiences.
• Show enthusiasm for learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

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 for You

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

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.

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