Software Engineer
Are you a software engineer looking to make an impact on AI technology?
Do you have software engineering expertise and a passion for innovation?
About Team:
The AI Platform team is responsible for the features that power the AI capabilities of one of LexisNexis IP’s flagship products, PatentSight+. We research new AI technology and apply it in our products, resulting in intelligent features that benefit our users, as well as reusable tools for our internal platform. This is an opportunity to join a team that works on a modern, cloud native infrastructure and become an essential part of building LexisNexis IP’s AI future.
We expect this team to work across multiple technologies around a core, including Python, AWS (EKS, S3, Lambda, CDK, etc.), AI/ML/Data Science libraries (LLM tooling, pandas, etc.)
About Role:
We are hiring several Software Engineers of differing levels to build AI capabilities through the delivery of AI-powered features within PatentSight+ and internal AI tools. PatentSight+ enables core IP activities such as competitive intelligence, benchmarking, portfolio optimisation and more, by bringing together highly curated and enriched datasets, cutting-edge analysis tools with streamlined workflows and powerful visualisation 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 processes. Your engineering team will be mainly based in the UK and Germany. You will also work closely with an existing application team, data scientists, as well as with a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Researching the applicability of cutting-edge AI technology in our features.
• Developing reusable AI evaluation frameworks.
• Delivering AI-powered features.
• Helping to build AWS platform infrastructure with CDK, such as Kubernetes services and vector databases.
• Participating in development processes and code reviews.
• Operating in a Scrum-based development environment while collaborating with stakeholders.

• Proactively seeking to learn about best coding practices in Python.

  Requirements:

• Ability to write code and tests in Python.

• Knowledge of AWS or similar cloud providers.
• Understanding Software Engineering techniques and processes.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.
• Experience with Azure Pipelines, AWS CDK is desirable, but not essential

Why Join Us?
Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.
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 during the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well-being 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 the employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About Business
At LexisNexis Intellectual Property (LNIP), we believe that whenever a person works on a patent and understands the future trajectory of a specific technology, that person has the potential to fundamentally change how society operates. We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavours to better humankind. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations, and ultimately achieve superior results. By harnessing the latest advances in machine learning combined with expert analysis, LexisNexis Intellectual Property is disrupting how actionable insight is extracted from patent data. Information can now be accessed with efficiency, accuracy and at a speed that is just not possible by traditional methods. Our overall success is measured by how well we deliver these results.
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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Key Responsibilities:

• Researching the applicability of cutting-edge AI technology in our features.
• Developing reusable AI evaluation frameworks.
• Delivering AI-powered features.
• Helping to build AWS platform infrastructure with CDK, such as Kubernetes services and vector databases.
• Participating in development processes and code reviews.
• Operating in a Scrum-based development environment while collaborating with stakeholders.
• Proactively seeking to learn about best coding practices in Python

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 during the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive