Software Engineering Lead (LDE)

RELX; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to inspire and guide a talented team. This role emphasizes leadership, technical expertise, and effective communication to drive project success and team growth. You'll manage resources, oversee project management, and provide technical direction while fostering a collaborative environment. With a commitment to work-life balance and numerous well-being initiatives, this opportunity offers a fulfilling career path where your contributions will make a significant impact. If you are passionate about technology and team development, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan

Study Leave

Flexible Working Hours

Wellbeing Initiatives

Shared Parental Leave

Sabbaticals

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technology, with 3+ years in a senior role mentoring others.
• Proficient in C#, SQL, Angular, and GIT.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse engineering team and ensure successful deliverables.
• Oversee project management duties and agile ceremonies.

Skills

C#

SQL

Angular

GIT

Azure Pipelines

Leadership

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

BSC in Computer Science

Tools

DevOps

Job description

Software Engineering Lead

Ready to take on a leadership role and guide a talented team? Apply now and let's achieve great things together.

About our 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.

About the Role

As a Software Engineering Lead, you will manage and guide a diverse team of engineers, working closely with management and other stakeholders to ensure the success of your team and its deliverables. This role requires strong technical skills, good communication, and great leadership abilities, with responsibilities including technical and administrative decision-making, performance and code reviews, mentorship, and strategic direction.

Responsibilities

1. Releasing management inclusive of sign off for a well-formed test plan, rollback plan, communication plan, and release notes.
2. Overseeing resource management inclusive of administrative duties such as time and attendance, resource planning, performance management, 1 on 1 chats and career development.
3. Performing project management duties such as agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and business engagement.
4. Providing technical leadership in solution design, technical implementation, output quality and coaching of team members in accordance with software engineering best practices and design patterns.
5. Owning the team strategy for futureproofing, maintenance and improvement including technical, operational, and resource level plans.
6. Supporting management of queries escalated to the development team.
7. Implementing (writing code, automation tests and devops activities), complex technical specifications and review new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Requirements

1. Have a BSC degree in computer science or equivalent.
2. Have at least 3 years serving as a senior software engineer or solutions architect, mentoring intermediate and or junior software engineers.
3. Have at least 7 years professional experience in the technology sector.
4. Be proficient in SQL and data manipulation including dot net, C#, Angular, GIT, and Azure pipelines (preferred).
5. Have a good understanding of SOLID principles and industry best practices.
6. Have good communication skills, written, verbal and presentation skills including communicating complex content to a range of audiences.
7. Be emotionally intelligent with a good understanding of team dynamics.
8. Have established organizational, planning, and change management skills.
9. Be able to uphold ethics and promote a culture of honesty, accountability and general camaraderie.

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 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.

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:

1. Medical Aid
2. Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
3. Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
4. Study Leave