Senior Software Engineer II

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

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help design and develop a next-generation legal search platform. In this role, you will contribute to architecture decisions, collaborate with product teams and users to turn requirements into solutions, and mentor team members. You'll work in an agile environment and play a key role in delivering high-quality, scalable software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a Scrum team to build and enhance a legal search engine product.
• Ensure code quality, maintainability, and technical consistency across components.
• Contribute to project planning and provide input on technical approaches.
• Write and review specifications for complex system components.
• Implement best practices for development, code reviews, and troubleshooting.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and align with global technical strategy.
• Mentor and support junior engineers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, including microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in Java (version 17 or higher) and frameworks such as Micronaut or Spring Boot.
• Experience with Lucene-based search engines (e.g., Apache Solr, Elasticsearch).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS), NoSQL databases, and CI/CD tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead technical initiatives.

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Knowledge of resource models like Managed Services or Staff Augmentation.

• Experience with AWS services (Lambda, S3, RDS, Redshift, EventBridge, SES, SNS)

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.

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