Software Engineering Lead (Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Durban Cape Town) at Relx

Responsibilities

• Working closely with stakeholders to understand and finalize requirements
• Implementing development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews
• Acting as the initial point of escalation for software development issues
• Completing complex bug fixes, resolving technical issues, and working with complex data models
• Managing your team, including hiring, training, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, and giving appropriate feedback
• Encouraging new ideas from staff to foster improvements through innovations and empowering them to be accountable

Requirements

• Have a BS degree in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Have experience with various resource models such as Managed Services and/or Staff Augmentation
• Have an advanced knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall)
• Have extensive knowledge of industry best practices in external resource development
• Have the ability to partner and lead internal and external technology resources in solving complex business problems
• Have an excellent understanding of data modeling principles, data manipulation languages, and storage systems
• Be an expert in development languages, including JAVA/J2EE, JavaScript, JSP, C/C++, HTML, XML, SQL, Windows, UNIX, and .Net
• Have previous experience in people management and show an aptitude for achieving business objectives through managing others
• Be proficient with data manipulation language including optimization techniques
• Be proficient in AWS, NoSQL, Kubernetes, ElasticSearch