Lead Software Engineer

LexisNexis; Johannesburg; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join LexisNexis as a Software Engineering Lead, where you'll guide a diverse team of engineers. This role focuses on team management, project delivery, and mentoring, all while promoting a healthy work-life balance and numerous benefits, including medical aid and retirement plans.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan with Risk Benefits

Modern Family Benefits

Study Leave

Flexible Working Hours

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a senior software engineer or solutions architect.
• 7+ years of professional experience in the technology sector.
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage release management and resource management.
• Oversee agile project management duties.
• Provide technical leadership and coaching in solution design.

Skills

SQL

C#

Angular

GIT

Azure Pipelines

SOLID Principles

Communication Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Education

BSC degree in Computer Science or equivalent

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, 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

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. Your responsibilities include technical and administrative decision-making, performance and code reviews, mentorship, and strategic direction. The effort spread is 30% implementation, 20% project management, and 50% team management and mentorship, with a focus on fostering a productive, growth-oriented, and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Handling release management inclusive of sign off for a well-formed test plan, rollback plan, communication plan, and release notes.
• Overseeing resource management inclusive of administrative duties such as time and attendance, resource planning, performance management, 1 on 1 chats and career development.
• Performing project management duties such as agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and business engagement.
• 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.
• Owning the team strategy for futureproofing, maintenance and improvement including technical, operational, and resource level plans.
• Supporting management of queries escalated to the development team.
• Implementing (writing code, automation tests and devops activities), complex technical specifications and review new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Requirements

• Have a BSC degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Have at least 3 years serving as a senior software engineer or solutions architect, mentoring intermediate and or junior software engineers.
• Have at least 7 years professional experience in the technology sector.
• Be proficient in SQL and data manipulation including dot net, C#, Angular, GIT, and Azure pipelines (preferred).
• Have a good understanding of SOLID principles and industry best practices.
• Have good communication skills, written, verbal and presentation skills including communicating complex content to a range of audiences.
• Be emotionally intelligent with a good understanding of team dynamics.
• Be able to uphold ethics and promote a culture of honesty, accountability, and general camaraderie.
• OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO THOSE BASED IN CPT, DURBAN, & GQEBERHA AS WELL.

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:

• 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.