5 Engineering jobs in Port Elizabeth

Software Engineering Lead
Would you like to ensure a collaborative Agile culture?
Do you enjoy coaching teams to be successful?
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 daysHealth screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefitsWell-being programsLife assuranceAccess to a competitive contributory pension schemeLong service awardsMaternity, paternity and shared parental leaveAccess to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteerAccess 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 .
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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.