Software Engineering Lead

Software Engineering Lead

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 150 countries with 11,300 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
• Expertise in development languages including but not limited to: Java/J2EE, JavaScript, JSP, C/C++, HTML, XML, SQL, Windows, UNIX, and .Net.
• Test-driven development.
• 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
• Well-being programs
• 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.