Senior Software Engineer I

South Africa - Johannesburg

RELX

Make better decisions, get better results and be more productive with RELX's analytics and decision tools

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Do you enjoy working with innovative research
technology?

Would you like to be part of a team that creates
solutions for our customers?
 

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 Senior Software Engineer, you will be supported to grow and develop according to your aspirations. You will be part of a team with a variety of skills working in agile methodology. You will need to understand the business line challenges in order to propose and build adapted and innovative solutions in the context of a French business unit.

Responsibilities
 

  • Understanding critical issues and local business needs
  • Developing new solutions and maintaining existing ones
  • Proposing ideas to improve tools and processes
  • Ensuring production quality and sustainability
  • Intervening in incident management and improving monitoring infrastructure
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams
  • Working on Python backend and small Javascript front end projects
  • Modernizing legacy components and processes


Requirements

  • Expertise in building and maintaining Java RESTful APIs, lambda and web services.
  • XML oriented
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms ecosystem like AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure (Serverless, Queuing systems, eventBus, container orchestration, workflows)
  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
  • Strong understanding of database management systems like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data science and devops
  • Curiosity to work on Python backend and small Javascript front end projects (React, vueJS) for CMS purposes

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 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.

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Tags: Agile APIs AWS Azure Banking DevOps DynamoDB ELK GCP Generative AI Google Cloud Grafana Java JavaScript Lambda MongoDB PostgreSQL Privacy Python React Research Vue XML

Perks/benefits: Career development Flex hours Medical leave Parental leave

Region: Africa
Country: South Africa

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