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 guide and support a diverse team of engineers while collaborating with product, support, and business partners to deliver high‑quality solutions. This role combines hands-on technical work, people leadership, and project delivery.
You will help shape technical direction, mentor team members, and contribute to building an inclusive, psychologically safe, and high‑performing team environment. You will balance leadership responsibilities with direct implementation work, adjusting your focus as business needs evolve.
Responsibilities
- Release management inclusive of sign off for a well-formed test plan, rollback plan communication plan and release notes.
- Resource management inclusive of administrative duties such as time and attendance, resource planning, performance management, 1 on 1 chats and career development.
- Project management duties such as agile ceremonies, backlog refinement and business engagement.
- Technical leadership in solution design, technical implementation, output quality and coaching of team members in accordance with software engineering best practices and design patterns.
- Owning the team strategy for futureproofing, maintenance and improvement. This consists of the technical, operational and resource level plans.
- Support management of queries escalated to the development team
- Implementation (writing code, automation tests and devops activities), complex technical specifications and review of new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
- All other duties assigned.
Requirements
- Experience leading or mentoring software engineers, typically gained through 3+ years in a senior engineering or architectural role and approximately 7+ years in the technology field.
- Knowledge of software engineering principles (e.g., SOLID) and modern development best practices.
- Proficiency with SQL, data manipulation, .NET, C#, Angular, Git, and Azure Pipelines (or similar tools).
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to foster teamwork, support inclusive collaboration, and navigate team dynamics effectively.
- Strong organizational, planning, and change‑management skills.
- Commitment to ethical behavior, accountability, and building a positive team culture.
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:
- 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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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
- 3+ years leading or mentoring software engineers and approximately 7+ years in the technology field
- Knowledge of software engineering principles (e.g., SOLID) and modern development best practices
- Proficiency with SQL and data manipulation
- Proficiency with .NET and C#
- Proficiency with Angular
- Experience with Git
- Experience with Azure Pipelines or similar CI/CD tools
- Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to varied audiences
- Ability to foster teamwork, inclusive collaboration, and navigate team dynamics
- Strong organizational, planning, and change-management skills
- Commitment to ethical behavior, accountability, and building a positive team culture
LexisNexis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LexisNexis and has not been reviewed or approved by LexisNexis.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are often described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life and disability protection. Wellbeing programming such as wellness initiatives and fitness support is also positioned as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are repeatedly framed as a meaningful component of total rewards through 401(k) matching and access to stock purchase opportunities. Performance bonuses and charitable matching are also included as financial-support features within the broader rewards mix.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as broad, including PTO, paid holidays, sick leave, and paid volunteer time. Flexible work arrangements, including remote options and flexible hours, further strengthen the overall rewards experience.
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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.
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