Job Description
hackajob is collaborating with LexisNexis to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
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Interested in leading engineers to deliver modern, scalable products that make a measurable impact?
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Ready to shape engineering culture—mentoring managers, championing quality, and accelerating delivery through continuous improvement?
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About the Team
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LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.
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About the Role
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You will provide leadership, direction, and day-to-day management for software engineering teams (including offshore partners and interns), ensuring high-quality delivery across the software development life cycle. Working closely with product, project, and engineering peers, you will drive technical excellence, remove delivery blockers, and report progress and risks to senior leadership while helping shape talent, resourcing, and delivery standards.
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Responsibilities:
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- nOwn delivery execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring predictable plans, clear milestones, and on-time releases. n
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- nPartner with product owners, project/program leaders, and principal engineers to align priorities, scope, and technical approach. n
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- nLead, coach, and develop software engineering teams and people managers to deliver against product and platform goals. n
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- nChampion engineering best practices (code reviews, CI/CD, test-driven development, secure coding) and drive continuous improvement. n
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- nEnsure adherence to enterprise architecture, quality, and compliance standards through reviews and governance. n
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- nProvide technical leadership and escalation support for complex design decisions, production issues, and critical defects. n
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- nManage resourcing and capacity planning, including offshore/third-party partnerships and staffing models (managed services, staff augmentation). n
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- nTrack, communicate, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and blockers; report status, outcomes, and metrics to senior leadership. n
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- nSupport talent acquisition and growth (interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, feedback, performance development). n
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- nCollaborate with stakeholders and end users to clarify requirements, validate solutions, and iterate based on feedback. n
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- nLead the evolution of teams as they transition towards AI assisted development. n
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Requirements:
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- n10+ years of hands-on software development experience delivering production systems. n
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- nSolid project planning and delivery management skills (scope, schedule, budget), using common planning and tracking tools. n
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- nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including reporting to senior/executive audiences and collaborating with customers/end users. n
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- n3+ years of engineering management experience, including leading teams and setting technical direction. n
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- nDemonstrated experience managing multiple teams and concurrent workstreams with competing priorities. n
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- nProven ability to manage managers and build healthy team culture, accountability, and performance. n
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- nStrong database and data modeling expertise, including design, optimization, and best practices. n
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- nStrong proficiency in modern development stacks (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, .NET, Angular and/or React). n
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- nWorking knowledge of AI trends and practical ways AI can improve development and delivery outcomes. n
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- nDemonstrable knowledge of using Claude / Codex / CoPilot n
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- nBachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience). n
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