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  • Posted: Aug 12, 2026
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and 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® ...
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    Senior Software Engineer

    About the Role

    • As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and operation of scalable data platforms, services, and infrastructure that power critical business outcomes. Working closely with analysts, data scientists, and engineers, you will drive technical excellence, mentor team members, and help shape the future direction of the Data Engineering function. This role offers the opportunity to combine strong engineering fundamentals with AI-assisted development practices to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions.

    Responsibilities

    • Lead the design, build, and maintenance of data pipelines and backend services using Python
    • Write efficient, well-structured SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis, and set standards for query and schema design across the team
    • Develop and maintain APIs and services (e.g. using FastAPI and SQLAlchemy) to expose data to internal and external consumers
    • Own technical design decisions for data systems, balancing scalability, reliability, and maintainability
    • Collaborate with data analysts, scientists, and other engineers to understand data needs and deliver reliable solutions
    • Drive the design and upkeep of infrastructure supporting data workloads (containers, orchestration, provisioning)
    • Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve the performance and reliability of existing data systems, including leading incident response and root-cause analysis where needed
    • Mentor other engineers, lead code reviews, and help raise the technical bar across the team

    Requirements

    • Deep proficiency in Python for building applications, pipelines, or services at scale
    • Strong SQL skills, writing performant queries, designing schemas, and optimizing for large or complex datasets
    • Significant experience working in a data engineering or backend engineering environment, including owning systems end-to-end
    • Demonstrated ability to make sound architectural and technical trade-off decisions
    • Experience mentoring engineers and/or leading technical initiatives
    • Comfort working in a fast-paced, collaborative team setting
    • Experience developing and maintaining APIs and services
    • Experience working with AI-assisted development tools and supporting team adoption of AI capabilities

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to LexisNexis South Africa on relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com to apply

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