Full Stack Engineer

at  RELX

Fullstack Software Engineer
Are you ready for the next step in your engineering career?
Would you enjoy working on our cutting-edge products?
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 and JavaScript
• Python
• AWS (such as Serverless, App Sync, CloudFormation)
• GraphQL

About the Role
We are hiring a number of Software Engineers of differing levels to 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.

Responsibilities

• Help breakdown and implement a new feature, such as a Sharing Service, Smart Search Engine, and a User Data Manager.
• Implement a Python Lambda to handle requests to an RDS database. Assist in refactoring functionality out of the application. Then help rebuild and deploy that functionality with a microservices architecture via Cloud Formation on AWS.
• Raise an issue around the team’s process or practices, seek out improvements and work with the team on improvements.
• Lead an agile ceremony, such as the team’s retrospective.

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 experience working with one or more of the following C#, SQL, or Python
• 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.
• Experience with GraphQL, or similar API schemas.
• Experience of collaborating with key stakeholders while operating in diverse development environments like Agile and Waterfall.
• Knowledge of continuous software delivery processes.

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. 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

About the Business
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better 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® and Nexis® services.
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:
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Responsibilities

• Help breakdown and implement a new feature, such as a Sharing Service, Smart Search Engine, and a User Data Manager.
• Implement a Python Lambda to handle requests to an RDS database. Assist in refactoring functionality out of the application. Then help rebuild and deploy that functionality with a microservices architecture via Cloud Formation on AWS.
• Raise an issue around the team’s process or practices, seek out improvements and work with the team on improvements.
• Lead an agile ceremony, such as the team’s retrospective

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 productiv