Senior Engineering Manager — Global Tech Leader

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead software development teams, set technical strategy, and deliver scalable, high-quality solutions. You will combine people leadership with deep technical expertise to support innovation and delivery, fostering a collaborative engineering culture.

The role requires experience managing offshore resources, strong database and architecture knowledge, and hands-on leadership across multiple disciplines.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading software engineering teams and delivering scalable solutions.
• Proven ability to manage offshore resources and large teams.
• Strong background in database design, optimization, and data modeling.
• Experience with enterprise architecture standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead software development teams and drive technical strategy at scale.
• Partner with offshore resources to solve complex business needs.
• Manage performance, hiring, and coaching of staff; plan resources.
• Develop and enforce technical standards and architecture reviews.
• Review specifications for system components of moderate to advanced complexity.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Manage end-to-end delivery and ensure adherence to processes and policies.

Skills

Staffing and resource models

Database design and optimization

offshore partnership development

Enterprise system knowledge

Java/J2EE

JavaScript

C/C++

HTML

XML

SQL

Windows

UNIX

.Net

Tools

Java/J2EE

JavaScript

JSP

C/C++

HTML

XML

SQL

Windows

UNIX

-.Net

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead software development teams, set technical strategy, and deliver scalable, high-quality solutions. You will combine people leadership with deep technical expertise to support innovation and delivery, fostering a collaborative engineering culture.

The role requires experience managing offshore resources, strong database and architecture knowledge, and hands-on leadership across multiple disciplines.