RELX · 2 months ago
Software Engineering Lead ***HYBRID in Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$113K/yr - $188K/yr
7+ years expRELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The Software Engineering Lead will drive the design, development, and operationalization of scalable solutions for the Lexis + AI initiative, while providing technical mentorship and guidance to the team.
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Responsibilities
Work closely with data scientists and engineers to understand product requirements and translate them into scalable software designs
Successfully implement and advocate for development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews
Operate within various development environments (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) while collaborating with key cross-functional stakeholders
Architect and optimize data storage and retrieval systems using structured and unstructured formats (e.g., S3)
Build and integrate vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS) and traditional search technologies (e.g., Solr, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch) to power information retrieval and AI applications
Design and deploy messaging systems (e.g., AWS SNS) to support asynchronous and streaming workloads
Monitor system and application health in real-time to ensure performance and uptime
Work with data scientists and engineers to define and track model performance, data drift, and pipeline failures
Implement and enforce access control mechanisms, including IAM, OAuth2, RBAC, and secrets management systems like Vault or AWS Secrets Manager
Act as a liaison between software engineering, data science, and DevOps teams
Standardize workflows and toolchains across research and production environments
Contribute to backlog grooming, sprint planning, architectural design sessions, and post-mortems
Design and implement caching strategies and low-latency data access layers to accelerate model inference, search, and data APIs
All other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional experience in software development
Strong proficiency in Python programming language
Strong understanding of software development best practices and methodologies
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Experience with web frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI)
Experience with customer facing API design and tradeoffs
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with system architecture and API design
Led a team or mentored Jr engineers
Hands on experience working with AWS and/or Azure services, such as: Compute: EC2, Lambda, Azure Functions; Storage: S3, Azure Blob; Databases: RDS, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, DocumentDB; Messaging Services: AWS SNS; Networking, IAM, and monitoring tools
Experience working with cache databases and in-memory data stores such as Redis or Memcached to optimize read-heavy workloads, inference serving, and low-latency systems
Experience designing or working with data storage and retrieval systems, both structured and unstructured
Experience with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, FAISS, Weaviate) and search technologies (e.g., Solr, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)
Familiarity with observability stacks: logging (EFK, ELK), monitoring (Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana), and distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry)
Experience integrating and managing messaging systems (e.g. AWS SNS, Kafka)
Solid understanding of access control, IAM, RBAC, and secrets management tools (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault)
Preferred
Knowledge of LLM, machine learning pipeline and deployment strategies
Knowledge of other programming languages (e.g., Go, Java)
Benefits
Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
Company
RELX
RELX is a provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customs.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Asim Fareeduddin
Head of Internal Audit & Assurance
Aurobindo Sundaram
CISO (Head of Information Assurance & Data Protection)
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