Software Engineering Lead- (AI product

Position: Software Engineering Lead- (AI product)
Location: Greater London
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** About Our Team:
** We are strengthening our software engineering team to modernise our existing application stack, powering one of Lexis Nexis Intellectual Property’s flagship AI products, Lexis Nexis Classification. The team modernises the application with new features and functions to enrich the users' experience, as well as implementing research from our in-house data science team s is an opportunity to be a key part of a team that works on modern, cloud native infrastructure and become an essential part of building the new product architecture.

We expect this team to work across multiple technologies, centred around a core, including Angular, Python, C #, .NET, SQL, AWS (EKS, S3, Lambda, CDK, etc.), and Applied AI/ML libraries and frameworks.
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* About The Role:

** We are hiring a Software Engineering Lead to take responsibility for the work on modernising and enhancing a key product, Lexis Nexis Classification. This product utilises AI to scan millions of patents worldwide and categorise the relevant patents into custom categories that align with the specific technology areas users define.

You will be the go-to person for a small, highly skilled agile team, with ownership over the mission and your development practices and processes. Your engineering team will be based in London. You will also work closely with the existing application team in South Africa, as well as with a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.As

a Software Engineering Lead, you will play a crucial role in overseeing software development for a modernised Lexis Nexis Classification. You will contribute directly to solving technical problems as well as guiding your team to success.

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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Owning and executing the backlog of product modernisation.
* Leading the delivery and deployment of data science research into scalable AI-powered features.
* Creating performance- and cost-optimised services.
* Able to communicate and take ownership within the team and across team boundaries.
* Writing and reviewing detailed specifications for the development of complex system components.
* Leading in development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
* Managing a team of software engineers in a Scrum-based development environment while collaborating with stakeholders
** Requirements:
*** Understand Software Engineering techniques and processes, particularly adapting Scrum and agile frameworks to meet business needs.
* Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, including knowledge of running cost-effective serverless architecture.
* Experience working with Python, C#, and Angular.
* Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.
* Experience with PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Go, Databricks, JavaScript, and Azure Pipelines is desirable, but not essential.
* Experience in leading software engineering efforts for AI-enabled SaaS products is desirable, but not essential.

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 in 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
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