About our Team
We are strengthening our software engineering team to modernise our existing application stack, powering one of LexisNexis Intellectual Property’s flagship AI products, LexisNexis® Classification. The team enhances the application with new features and functions to enrich the users experience as well as optimizing existing functionalities. This is an opportunity to be part of a team that works on modern, cloud native infrastructure and become an essential part of enhancing and maintaining the product.
We expect you to work across multiple technologies around a core including:
Python
Go
Java
SQL
AWS
About the Role
We are hiring Software Engineers to work on maintaining, modernizing and enhancing a key product, LexisNexis® Classification. This product uses AI to read millions of patents globally and pull the relevant patents into custom categories that are relevant to the specific technology areas users define.
You’ll be working in a small highly skilled agile team, with ownership over the mission and your development practices and process. Your engineering team will be based mainly in South Africa but also across Europe. You will also work closely with existing application teams, as well as with a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and the USA.
Responsibilities
Assisting in the breakdown and implementation of new features, such as integration of the product with other LexisNexis® products.
Implementation of enhancements requested by customers and bug fixes, such as optimization of the AI autoscaling service.
Assisting in refactoring the existing application.
Writing and reviewing portions of detailed specifications for the development of system components of moderate complexity.
Participate in development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
Operating in various development environments (Agile, Kanban, etc.) while collaborating with stakeholders.
Requirements
Demonstrate experience working with Python or Go (experience in both highly desirable).
Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers.
Understand Software Engineering techniques and processes
Experience with any of JavaScript, Java, C#/.Net, Azure Pipelines, GraphQL (or similar API schemas) or willingness to learn.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.
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
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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What We Do
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world.
We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets, monitoring their brands and competition, and in mitigating business risk. We collaborate with universities to educate students, and we support nation-building with governments and courts by making laws accessible and strengthening legal infrastructures. We partner with leading global associations and customers to collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking.
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 130 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide, is part of RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
