Senior Software Engineer II

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About our Team
Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,300 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About the Role
The Senior Software Engineer (Search) will be dedicated to the creation of next-generation search relevance techniques and strategies for Nexis Solutions a division of Lexis Nexis, dramatically improving how our users search and find the answers to their research questions. We are looking for someone who can bring their own perspective on how to solve a variety of internal and external opportunities.

We expect this person to be versatile, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to tackle new problems as we continue to push technology forward.
Responsibilities
Serve as acknowledged "go-to" person on coding and technical issues.
Design and implement scalable search solutions , including schema design, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
Develop and maintain Java-based APIs to interface with Solr and other backend systems.
Lead efforts to improve search relevance, including tuning scoring algorithms, implementing synonyms, and customizing analyzers.
Monitor and optimize performance, including caching, sharding, and replication strategies.
Ensure high availability and fault tolerance of search infrastructure .
Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions.
Work closely with product managers and UX designers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in search engineering and Java development.
Requirements
Knowledge of message queues (e.g., Kafka, SQS) and event-driven architecture.
Experience developing / maintaining web applications based on modern search engines such as Solr / Elasticsearch, including indexing, query parsing, relevance tuning, etc.
Experience scaling search server clusters to accommodate increasing traffic to meet specific performance requirements.
Experience developing / deploying high-performance RESTful web services (SOAP, XML-RPC, JSON-RPC, REST).
Expertise in enterprise development languages such as Java or Scala.
Build and manage  cloud-based infrastructure  and services on  AWS  (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, Dynamo

DB, API Gateway).
Exposure to Dev Ops or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
Understanding of security best practices in API and cloud environments.
Expertise in test-driven development and maintenance including techniques for applying best practices for overall project benefit. (Java and Cucumber scripting).
A proven expert in partnering and leading internal and external technology resources in solving complex business needs
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. 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:

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…