Software Engineering Lead

This position serves as a Software Engineering lead for a specific team of Software Engineers. In addition to writing code on complex systems and applications, this position has direct responsibilities for delivery and line management of core engineering roles within their team. At RELX, we are committed to advancing gender diversity within the technology sector and supporting greater representation of women in tech. To further this commitment, RELX has implemented the following initiatives: Women in Technology (WiT) Mentoring Program: This program is tailored to enhance career development for female talent in tech roles across all our businesses. Women's Network Forum: We offer dedicated forums that foster community, mentorship, and professional growth for women. Inspiring Future Talent: We actively engage with schools, hosting events to inspire young females to consider and pursue careers in technology. Responsibilities

• Working closely with other Development team members to understand product requirements and translate them into software designs
• Implementing development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews
• Operating in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders
• Completing complex bug fixes, resolving technical issues, and working with complex data models
• Managing your team, including interviewing, hiring, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, and giving appropriate feedback
• Providing accurate effort and cost estimates for deliverables
• Encouraging new ideas from staff to foster improvements through innovations and empowering them to be accountable
• Seeking diverse ideas and perspectives from a variety of sources to create better solutions, products and services
  
  Have excellent communication skills and the ability to convey information clearly to a wide audience
• Have the ability to partner with and lead internal and external technology resources to solve business needs
• Have good knowledge of test-driven development/BDD testing Framworks Junit, Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin and industry best practices
• Effective monitoring, alerting and visualisation (Kibana, Elasticsearch)
• Have an excellent understanding of data modeling principles, data manipulation languages, and storage systems
• Be an expert in development languages Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka/SQS and Microservices.
• Show an aptitude for achieving business objectives through managing others
• Be able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills when dealing with multiple priorities, and be able to think analytically
• Be a natural problem solver and able to take a lead in collaborating to resolve issues
• Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work here (https://relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/RiskSolutions/page/21c296c982531000b79663f3194b0000)
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  LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com
About our team: Our team operates in squads, each consisting of a Squad Lead, Business Analyst, Dev Lead, Developers, and Testers. This structure enhances connectivity and allows for faster delivery as all resources work together on dedicated tasks., RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions. Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.