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RELX INC Senior Software Engineer I in Farringdon, United Kingdom
Senior Software EngineerDo you enjoy being part of a team that works with a diverse range of products/technology?Do you enjoy mentoring junior colleagues?
About our Team
We’re building a new team for an exciting new mission to modernise our existing application stack, powering one of LexisNexis IP’s flagship products, PatentSight+. This new team will take the existing monolithic application platform, redefine its architecture and break it down into smaller services. This is an opportunity to join a new team right at ground level and have your say how it executes it mission and defines its strategic goals.
We expect this team to be working across multiple technologies around a core including:
React
JavaScript
AWS (such as Serverless, App Sync, CloudFormation)
GraphQL
About the Role
We are looking for Senior Software Engineers to help lead work on modernising the application platform for a key product, PatentSight+. PatentSight+ enables core IP activities such as competitive intelligence and benchmarking, portfolio optimization and more, by bringing together highly curated and enriched datasets, cutting-edge analysis tools with streamlined workflows and powerful visualization capabilities, all within a single platform
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 UK based and you will work closely with the existing application teams, as well as with a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and the USA.
Responsibilities
Designing, breaking down and implementing a new features, such as a Sharing Service, Smart Search Engine and a User Data Manager.
Performing analysis and proposing refactors from the existing architecture, then leading the work to completion.
Building AWS platform infrastructure, such as NodeJS/Python Lamda’s.
Implementing Blue/Green orchestration strategies for database deployments.
Mentoring and/or training more junior software engineers, ensuring they become knowledgeable in critical aspects of their roles.
Participating in development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
Operating in various development environments (Agile, Kanban, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.
Troubleshooting and resolving problems.
Requirements
Demonstrate experience working with modern React frameworks, and it would be beneficial to have experience with NextJS, or other server side rendering experience.
Demonstrate platform experience, especially around AWS Serverless, App Sync, Cloud Formation and microservice architectures.
Possess extensive Software Engineering experience, especially working around large systems, refactoring and dealing with tech debt.
Desirable, but not essential, experience with GraphQL, or similar API schemas.
Beneficial to have experience working with one or more of the following C#, SQL, Python or JavaScript.
Experience of collaborating with key stakeholders while operating in diverse development environments like Agile and Waterfall.
Knowledge of continuous software delivery processes.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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 wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career, as this role is global, benefits may vary according to your location. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:-Health care plans and benefits-Modern Family Benefits, including maternity, paternity, adoption and surrogacy-Life assurance and accident policies-Comprehensive pension and retirement plans-Access to learning and development resourcesYour recruiter will advise you on the benefits package for your location
About the Business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
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RELX is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
We help scientists make new discoveries, lawyers win cases, doctors save lives and insurance companies offer customers lower prices. We save taxpayers and consumers money by preventing fraud and help executives forge commercial relationships with their clients.
In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.