Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where you can mentor others, shape architecture, and work with top-tier partners?
Are you ready to lead transformative legal tech innovation, architect scalable solutions, and empower teams through mentorship and strategic collaboration?
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
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead complex development initiatives, solve technical challenges, and contribute to the design and architecture of our legal technology solutions. This role involves collaboration with internal teams and external partners, mentoring developers, and supporting strategic decision-making.
Responsibilities
Act as a technical lead and point of contact for external technology partners.
Contribute to product design and architecture.
Collaborate with customers and end users to understand needs.
Provide expert guidance on coding and technical issues.
Write and review technical specifications and complex code.
Resolve advanced bugs and performance issues.
Design and manage complex data models.
Mentor and support the growth of other developers.
Participate in cross-functional planning and project execution.
Requirements
10+ years of experience in software engineering or a related field.
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Proficiency in English and Spanish.
Based in Mexico City or willing to commute 2 days per week to our Reforma office.
Strong experience with .NET (C#) and JavaScript (Angular), and modern development tools.
Expertise in data modeling, optimization, and test-driven development.
Familiarity with architectural principles and scalable system design.
Experience working with diverse teams and external technology providers.
Strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
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
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:
Private Medical/Dental Plan
Savings Fund
Life Insurance
Meal/Grocery Voucher
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.
We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering or a related field.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in English and Spanish.
- Based in Mexico City or willing to commute 2 days per week to the Reforma office.
- Strong experience with .NET (C#) and JavaScript (Angular) and modern development tools.
- Expertise in data modeling, optimization, and test-driven development.
- Familiarity with architectural principles and scalable system design.
- Experience working with diverse teams and external technology providers.
- Strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
RELX Insights
What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
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