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.**Software Engineering Lead***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 be leading and mentoring a diverse, motivated team of engineers. Working on shared goals, you’ll build an environment focused on encouraging creativity and collaboration. You will provide direction on projects, process improvements and key technical decisions, ensuring high-profile deliverables are completed successfully.**Responsibilities*** Coaching and mentoring Agile squads through software development and Agile best principles and practices* Motivating digital product teams in a cross-functional global environment to deliver innovations to our customers* Collaborating within Research Technology to exchange lessons-learned and best practice standardization across our organization* Communicating and presenting a variety of information confidently and clearly to engineers, senior business leaders and stakeholders* Facilitating time and change management across multiple teams to ensure quality and on-time delivery* Supporting the development and use of metrics that facilitate continuous improvement within our squads**Requirements*** Have solid expertise gained in a technology environment with knowledge of software development industry best practices* Strong experience with various resource models such as Managed Services and/or Staff Augmentation Demonstrate excellent written, verbal and presentation skills including communicating complex content to a range of audiences* Show the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and teams to resolve issues and to support implemented solutions* Expertise in development languages including but not limited to: Java/J2EE, JavaScript, JSP, C/C++, HTML, XML, SQL, Windows, UNIX, and .Net.* Test-driven development.* Have solid organization, planning and change management skills* Be able to identify risk dependencies and support mitigating solutions* Be able to foster a learning environment that encourages people to learn from experiences**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**At Lexis Nexis, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer: Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits Well-being programs Life assurance Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme Long service awards Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer Access to extensive learning and development resources**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.LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: , or please contact .Please read our .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.
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Software Engineering Lead

Do you enjoy coaching others to achieve high standards?

Are you ready for the next step in your engineering career?

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

This position serves as a subject matter expert for a specific team of Software Engineers. In addition to writing code on complex systems and applications, this position provides direction on project plans, schedules, and methodologies. The position has direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Providing design input across a product
• Acting as an acknowledged 'go to' person on coding and technical issues, for both internal and external contacts
• Interfacing with other personnel or team members to finalize requirements
• Completing complex bug fixes, and resolving technical issues
• Designing and working with complex data models
• Mentoring lead software developers interested in consultancy in development methodologies and optimization techniques

Requirements

• Have a BS degree in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Have minimum 7 years Software Development experience
• Be expert in development languages, including C#, Angular, AWS
• Strong experience with various resource models such as Managed Services and/or Staff Augmentation.
• Have great problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and implement effective solutions

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.

• Hybrid – Once or twice a week in the office

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career, as this role is global, benefits may vary according to your location. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health care plans and benefits
• Modern Family Benefits, including maternity, paternity, adoption and surrogacy
• Life assurance and accident policies
• Comprehensive pension plans
• Access to learning and development resources

Your recruiter will advise you on the benefits package for your location.

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.

LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: , or please contact .

Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .

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Business Segment: Personal & Private Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Simmonds Street

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead, Software Engineering to join our team in Johannesburg, South Africa. As a key member of our engineering leadership, you will drive innovation, mentor team members, and oversee the development of cutting-edge software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives
• Define and maintain the frameworks, libraries, and tools that the feature teams will use, enforcing coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices across the teams for high-quality and maintainable code.
• Lead the platform team to develop and maintain shared services that allow feature teams to focus on core functions using standard components. Build CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and other DevOps practices to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Ensure the platform is relevant, modern, secure, and compliant with industry standards.
• Ensure SRE practices are in place on the platform to ensure stability and service availability. Guide the team to manage platform consumption tenant requirements for consumers throughout the Group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred
• AWS Certified Developer Associate and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience in developing JAVA applications for a minimum of 7 years - Mandatory
• Experience in change deployment in a mid-to-large application - Mandatory
• Experience in automated CI/CD builds – Mandatory
• Technical exposure and hands-on experience in managing an application platform - Mandatory
• Managing a small to medium sized Development team with direct reports – Mandatory
• Solution orientation – ability to make the Renovite Platform capable for the planned future feature implementations - Mandatory
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in Docker and Kubernetes - Mandatory
• Familiarization with Angular development and implementations – Advantageous
• Understanding of cost optimization in an application hosted in AWS (FinOps) - Advantageous

Please note: All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any form of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on or

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Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families, and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead, Software Engineering to join our team in Johannesburg, South Africa. As a key member of our engineering leadership, you will drive innovation, mentor team members, and oversee the development of cutting-edge software solutions.

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives
• Consistency and standardization: The individual is intended to define and maintain the frameworks, libraries, and tools that the feature teams will use. This also includes enforcing coding standards, architectural patterns (in consultation with the Architecture team), and best practices across the teams, leading to high-quality and maintainable code.
• Efficiency and Productivity: The individual is expected to lead the platform team intended to develop and maintain shared services that multiple feature teams can use, allowing feature teams to focus on configuring their core functions using standard components. Lead building CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and other DevOps practices are enabled and embedded to ensure scalability and reliability. Researching and developing new technologies and innovations into the platform, allowing feature teams to quickly adopt.
• Innovation and Agility: The individual is expected to focus on ensuring the platform is relevant, modern, secure and compliant with industry standards.
• Support and Maintenance: The individual is intended to ensure SRE practices are in place on the platform to ensure stability and service availability. Guide the team to ensure that the platform consumption tenant requirements are managed for consumers throughout the Group.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred
• AWS Certified Developer Associate and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
  
  

Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience in developing JAVA applications for a minimum of 7 years - Mandatory
• Experiences in change deployment in a mid-to-large application - Mandatory
• Experience in automated CI/CD builds – Mandatory
• Technical exposure and hands on experience in managing an application platform - Mandatory
• Managing a small to medium sized Development team with direct reports – Mandatory
• Solution orientation – ability to make the Renovite Platform capable for the planned future feature implementations - Mandatory
• Knowledge and hands on experience in Docker and Kubernetes - Mandatory
• Familiarization to Angular development and implementations – Advantageous
• Having an understanding of cost optimization in an application hosted in AWS (FinOps) - Advantageous
  
  

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Showing Composure
• Team Working
  
  

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)
• Continuous Deployment
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Core Systems
• Data Engineering
• Design Thinking
• Error Budgets
• Incident Response
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Knowledge Management
• Microservices
• Non-abstract Large System Design (NALSD)
• Observability (Application and Web Analytics)
• Platform Engineering
• Policy as Code
• Post-incidence Analysis
• Reliability and Resilience
• Security Engineering
• Service Level Management
• Software Engineering Methods
• Software Engineering Tools
• Software Foundations
• System Integration
• Test-driven Design (TDD)
• Threat Modelling

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

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A Bachelor's (or higher) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an equivalent magical discipline from an accredited Muggle or wizarding institution
Minimum 5+ years mastering your craft as a software engineer (preferably not in the Dark Arts)
Minimum 2+ years leading squads of fellow engineers through battle (or production deployments)
Proficiency in magical languages such as JavaScript, Python, or TypeScript (or your house specialty)
Deep knowledge of software architecture, system design, and how to avoid cursed code
A heart full of leadership, and a head full of logic

How to Apply:
Send your enchanted scroll (resume) and a quick message via owl or if you must a Muggle email.


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