Software Engineering Lead

Posted 19 Days Ago
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Southampton, Hampshire, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Legal Tech • Analytics
The Role
Design, build, and maintain scalable software across the full SDLC. Collaborate on architecture, code quality, testing, and documentation. Translate product requirements into reliable solutions, troubleshoot issues, mentor engineers, and drive engineering best practices and GenAI adoption.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you an experienced software engineer who enjoys building scalable, high-quality solutions in a collaborative environment?

Do you want to help shape innovative products and mentor others while working with modern cloud and data technologies?

About the Business
 

At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past, present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions and many more accelerate their own digital transformation. You can learn more about Cirium at the link below. https://www.cirium.com

About the Role
You will design, build, and maintain software solutions that support product delivery and innovation. This role involves working across the full software development lifecycle, partnering with teams to translate complex requirements into scalable, reliable systems. You will also play a key role in mentoring engineers and promoting best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, test, review, and maintain software across the full SDLC (new features, improvements, bug fixes).
  • Collaborate on design, refactoring, and maintaining a high-quality codebase.
  • Perform peer code reviews and ensure thorough testing of all code.
  • Translate complex product requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with support teams and stakeholders.
  • Contribute to documentation, project planning, and delivery accountability.
  • Mentor engineers and promote best practices across teams.
  • Engage stakeholders, support product delivery, and drive innovation (e.g., GenAI adoption).

Requirements

  • Strong experience in software engineering within Agile/Scrum environments.
  • Strong cloud expertise (AWS and/or GCP) and API gateway experience (e.g., Apigee).
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Terraform, and Helm.
  • Proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js plus GitHub and CI/CD tools.
  • Experience with large-scale data platforms (e.g., Snowflake) and complex data models.
  • Solid understanding of TDD, testing frameworks, and engineering best practices.
  • Strong communication skills with ability to document and influence across teams.
  • Leadership capability including mentoring, delegation, and stakeholder management.

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Skills Required

  • Strong experience in software engineering within Agile/Scrum environments
  • Cloud expertise (AWS and/or GCP) and API gateway experience (Apigee)
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Terraform, and Helm
  • Proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js plus GitHub and CI/CD tools
  • Experience with large-scale data platforms (e.g., Snowflake) and complex data models
  • Solid understanding of TDD, testing frameworks, and engineering best practices
  • Strong communication skills and ability to document and influence across teams
  • Leadership capability including mentoring, delegation, and stakeholder management

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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The Company
HQ: London
10,001 Employees
Year Founded: 1880

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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