Software Engineering Lead
LexisNexis
AWSAzureCloudGoGraphQLJavaScriptNode.jsPythonReact
Senior Software Engineer
RELX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Johannesburg • 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Senior
Tech Stack
Amazon RedshiftApacheAWSAzureCassandraCloudElasticSearchJ2EEJavaJenkinsKubernetesMongoDBNoSQLRedisSpring BootSpringBootTerraform
About the role
- 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 Bridge, 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.
Benefits
- Medical Aid
- Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
- Study Leave
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Hard skills
Software Engineeringmicro-services applicationsreactive programmingJavaMicronautSpringBootLuceneApache SolrElasticsearchNoSQL databases
Soft skills
problem-solvingmentoringteam leadershipcommunicationcoordination
Certifications
BS EngineeringBS Computer Science