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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We are hiring Software Engineers to work on maintaining, modernizing and enhancing a key product, LexisNexis® Classification. This product uses AI to read millions of patents globally and pull the relevant patents into custom categories that are relevant to the specific technology areas users define.
You’ll be working in a small highly skilled agile team, with ownership over the mission and your development practices and process. Your engineering team will be based mainly in South Africa but also across Europe. You will also work closely with existing application teams, as well as with a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and the USA.
Responsibilities
Assisting in the breakdown and implementation of new features, such as integration of the product with other LexisNexis® products.
Implementation of enhancements requested by customers and bug fixes, such as optimization of the AI autoscaling service.
Assisting in refactoring the existing application.
Writing and reviewing portions of detailed specifications for the development of system components of moderate complexity.
Participate in development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
Operating in various development environments (Agile, Kanban, etc.) while collaborating with stakeholders.
Requirements
Demonstrate experience working with Python or Go (experience in both highly desirable).
Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers.
Understand Software Engineering techniques and processes
Experience with any of JavaScript, Java, C#/.Net, Azure Pipelines, GraphQL (or similar API schemas) or willingness to learn.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.