Software Engineering Lead - People Management

Do you enjoy advocating for your team and helping them succeed?

Are you comfortable supporting others, removing blockers, and representing engineering perspectives?

About the Business
 

LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. We use the power of data and advanced analytics to help our customers make better, timelier decisions. By bringing clarity to information, we ultimately help make communities safer, insurance rates more accurate, commerce more transparent, business decisions easier and processes more efficient. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk solutions at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com/.

About the Role:

As a Software Engineering Lead, you will be leading and liaising with dynamic, passionate cross functional teams, where collaboration as a team is key.

You will be responsible for overseeing and guiding a team of Software Engineers who deliver value through web applications serving our customers various risk assessment needs. In this role, success means enabling your team to deliver high‑quality software while creating an environment where engineers can grow and do their best work.

What you will gain in this role

• Opportunities to develop leadership skills.
• Exposure to cross-functional decision-making.
• Opportunity to join work facilitated community, social, and cultural events.
• Local support from manager and peers.
• Global support from extensive Technology team.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery & Collaboration
  • Leading a development team as they efficiently deliver features and capabilities.
  • Working closely with other development team members to understand complex product requirements and translate them into software designs.
  • Promoting collaboration between teams, sharing best practice and helping clear potential blockers.
  • Working closely with the Product Manager to ensure the team have the right direction and is well aligned with other teams.
  • Raise security maturity across applications and delivery processes, ensuring security and privacy are built into day-to-day engineering practice.
• People Leadership
  • Coach and develop your team members, through aligned objectives and goals.
• Technical Leadership
  • Provide technical guidance and support, drawing on your experience to help teams make good decisions.
  • Act as a first point of support for resolving development issues, involving others where appropriate.
  • Champion responsible AI adoption within the team, helping engineers effectively use approved AI tools.

Requirements:

• Experience building production software in at least one modern programming language, for example, PHP, Java, Python, .NET, JavaScript.
• Be able to partner and lead internal and external technology resources in solving complex business needs.
• Be able to collaborate, support and drive team members to deliver on results, providing technical and professional guidance.
• Be able to design and work with complex data models.

Principal Software Engineer

Do you want be part of a collaborative team?

Are you a strategic thinker?

About Cirium:
Cirium is transforming the way the world understands aviation data. We connect the industry through innovative analytics, helping airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, manufacturers, and financial institutions accelerate their digital transformation. Join us to shape the future of aviation.

About the Team:
You’ll join a collaborative, curious team of professionals at all levels. We value diverse perspectives and encourage ownership in solving challenges end-to-end.

About the role:
As a member of our Team, you’ll contribute to building, maintaining, and supporting our infrastructure and applications. You’ll work with talented colleagues, communicate effectively, and champion engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver resilient solutions using DevOps practices and “Infrastructure as Code”

• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues

• Lead and influence the design and delivery of scalable, resilient data platform services.

• Collaborate across teams to drive innovation and continuous improvement

• Uphold our commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and data-driven decision-making

Requirements:

• Experience of Cloud Platforms (AWS), Infrastructure as code, MLOps, and Python (or similar technologies), along with monitoring and observability.

• Ability to communicate clearly and respectfully with diverse audiences

• Commitment to learning and adapting in a dynamic environment

• Experience mentoring and developing engineering talent.

• Passion for building inclusive, high-performing teams.

• Willingness to attend our Southampton office 2 days per week (reasonable accommodations available)

• Experience with data platforms, distributed systems, and data pipelines in cloud-native environments.

Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits

• Wellbeing programs

• Life assurance                                  

• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

• Save As You Earn share option scheme

• Travel Season ticket loan

• Electric Vehicle Scheme

• Optional Dental Insurance

• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children

• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you

• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer

• Access to extensive learning and development resources

• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work here

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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