4 Software Development jobs in Port Elizabeth

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 performs moderately difficult research, design, and software development assignments within a specific software functional area or product line. The position should have the ability to work on individual pieces of work and solve problems including the design of the program flow of individual pieces of code, effective coding, and unit testing.
Responsibilities
+ Interface with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements.
+ Write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of system components of moderate complexity.
+ Work closely with other development team members to understand moderately complex product requirements and translate them into software designs.
+ Successfully implement development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
+ Operate in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.
+ Resolve technical issues as necessary.
+ Keep abreast of new technology developments.
+ Complete bug fixes.
Requirements
+ 3+ years of Software Engineering experience
+ BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required
+ Skilled in .NET (C#), including ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework, with strong experience in Angular and front-end best practices, as well as working in Windows and UNIX environments.
+ Experienced in N-tier architecture and cloud-based deployment for scalable enterprise applications.
+ Familiar with industry standards such as code coverage and test-driven development.
+ Knowledgeable in software development methodologies including Agile and Waterfall, as well as data storage subsystems.
+ Experienced in writing and reviewing detailed specifications for moderately complex system components.
+ Strong ability to complete moderately complex bug fixes while ensuring high-quality solutions.
+ Effective collaborator with both internal and external technology resources.
+ Possesses strong oral and written communication skills to support technical and cross-functional work.
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.
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 .
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
We are 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.
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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.

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About our TeamLexisNexis 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 RoleAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will be supported to grow and develop according to your aspirations. You will be part of a team with a variety of skills working in agile methodology. You will need to understand the business line challenges in order to propose and build adapted and innovative solutions in the context of a French business unit.
Responsibilities
+ Understanding critical issues and local business needs
+ Developing new solutions and maintaining existing ones
+ Proposing ideas to improve tools and processes
+ Ensuring production quality and sustainability
+ Intervening in incident management and improving monitoring infrastructure
+ Collaborating with cross-functional teams
+ Working on Python backend and small Javascript front end projects
+ Modernizing legacy components and processes
Requirements
+ Expertise in building and maintaining Java RESTful APIs, lambda and web services.
+ XML oriented
+ Knowledge of cloud platforms ecosystem like AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure (Serverless, Queuing systems, eventBus, container orchestration, workflows)
+ Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
+ Strong understanding of database management systems like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB
+ Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data science and devops
+ Curiosity to work on Python backend and small Javascript front end projects (React, vueJS) for CMS purposes
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 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.
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 .
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
We are 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.
USA Job Seekers:
EEO Know Your Rights .
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.

About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will undertake difficult research, design, and software development assignments within the French team. You will provide direct input to project plans, schedules, and methodology in the setup, the development, and the tuning of a legal search platform. You will perform architecture design - typically across multiple components; mentor more junior members of the team and work with others to talk to users and the Product team in order to translate their requests into solutions. Responsibilities
+ Contributing as part of a SCRUM squad team to develop cutting-edge legal search engine product.
+ Ensuring technical consistency and overall code quality and maintainability, co-create technical components with the architects of the product.
+ Defining, coordinating and providing direct input to project plans.
+ Writing and reviewing portions of detailed specifications for the development of complex system components.
+ Implementing development processes, coding best practices and code reviews, resolve technical issues as necessary.
+ Keeping abreast of new technology developments and follow global RELX technical strategy.
+ Mentoring more junior members of the team.
Requirements
+ Have 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, especially in the micro-services applications.
+ Have a BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
+ Have solid experience with various resource models such as Managed Services and/or Staff Augmentation.
+ Be proficient with reactive programming in Java with frameworks like Micronaut or SpringBoot and the micro-services architecture.
+ Have some experience with Lucene based search engines like Apache Solr or Elasticsearch.
+ Have expertise in development languages and technical stack including but not limited to: AWS Cloud (services: Lambda, S3, RDS, Redshift, event Brigdge, SES, or SNS.), NoSQL databases (Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB.), deployment infrastructures (Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Jenkins, CI/CD .) and Java J2EE (version > = 17),
+ Be an exceptional problem-solver with experience in leading teams including identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex project issues.
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
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.
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 .
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
We are 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.
USA Job Seekers:
EEO Know Your Rights .
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.