Software Engineering Lead

Lexisnexis Risk Solutions; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in legal and professional services is seeking a Software Engineering Lead in Cape Town. This role involves leading and mentoring engineering teams, ensuring project success through collaboration, and fostering a learning environment. Candidates should possess strong technical expertise and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance with options to buy days

Health screening and medical benefits

Life assurance

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Maternity and paternity leave

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Solid expertise in a technology environment.
• Experience in Managed Services and/or Staff Augmentation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Agile squads through software development.
• Motivate global cross-functional teams to innovate.
• Facilitate change management across multiple teams.

Skills

Software development best practices

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Change management

Job description

Apply locations : Cape Town, Port Elizabeth

Time type : Full time

Posted on : Posted 30+ Days Ago

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than countries with 11, employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About the Role

As a Software Engineering Lead, you will be leading and mentoring a diverse, motivated team of engineers.

Working on shared goals, you'll build an environment focused on encouraging creativity and collaboration.

You will provide direction on projects, process improvements, and key technical decisions, ensuring high-profile deliverables are completed successfully.

Responsibilities

Coaching and mentoring Agile squads through software development and Agile best principles and practices

Motivating digital product teams in a cross-functional global environment to deliver innovations to our customers

Collaborating within Research Technology to exchange lessons-learned and best practice standardization across our organization

Communicating and presenting a variety of information confidently and clearly to engineers, senior business leaders, and stakeholders

Facilitating time and change management across multiple teams to ensure quality and on-time delivery

Supporting the development and use of metrics that facilitate continuous improvement within our squads

Requirements

Have solid expertise gained in a technology environment with knowledge of software development industry best practices

Strong experience with various resource models such as Managed Services and / or Staff Augmentation

Demonstrate excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills including communicating complex content to a range of audiences

Show the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and teams to resolve issues and to support implemented solutions

Have solid organization, planning, and change management skills

Be able to identify risk dependencies and support mitigating solutions

Be able to foster a learning environment that encourages people to learn from experiences

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work / life balance across the organization.

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

At LexisNexis, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer :

Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

Health screening, eye care vouchers, and private medical benefits

Life assurance

Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

Long service awards

Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave

Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer

Access to extensive learning and development resources

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.

LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is an equal opportunity employer : qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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