Software Engineer jobs in South Africa

Become a part of our team and help us maintain the stability and performance of our systems!

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 member of the Maintenance team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the stability, reliability, and performance of our production systems. This role offers the unique opportunity to gain deep insights into the broader ecosystem of our products, including the tools, processes, and infrastructure that keep them running smoothly in a live environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and maintaining production systems to ensure stability, reliability, and performance.
• Troubleshooting and resolving real-world production issues quickly to minimize downtime and impact.
• Collaborating across multiple systems and domains to build a comprehensive understanding of the architecture and interactions between components.
• Implementing long-term improvements based on insights gained from production issues and system performance.
• Developing and maintaining tools and processes that support the smooth operation of production systems.
• Conducting regular system audits and performance reviews to identify areas for optimization and enhancement.
• Documenting and sharing knowledge about the ecosystem, tools, and infrastructure to support team learning and development.
• Staying proactive and curious in exploring new technologies and methodologies to continuously improve system reliability and performance.
  
  

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field or a solid technical background.
• Have professional experience in software engineering.
• Have strong proficiency in C#, .NET and Angular.
• Have adherence to best development practices such as unit and functional testing, code reviews, SOLID principles, and security practices.
• Have willingness to learn and collaborate in a global team
  
  

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

Benefits

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.