Overview

Are you passionate about shaping the future of AI-driven IP tools in a collaborative, flexible environment?

Want to join a dynamic team building cutting-edge AI solutions and analytics on impactful, global projects?

About Us

LexisNexis, a part of RELX, is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information. We help customers increase productivity and improve decision-making and outcomes. Our 10,500 experts and innovative tools help us shape a better world for our customers and communities.

About the Role

We are hiring several Software Engineers at various levels to build AI capabilities through the delivery of AI technical research and proof-of-concept work. PatentSight+ enables core IP activities such as competitive intelligence, benchmarking, portfolio optimization, and more by bringing together highly curated and enriched datasets, cutting-edge analysis tools, streamlined workflows, and powerful visualization capabilities, all within a single platform. You will be working in a small, highly skilled agile team, with ownership over the mission and your development practices and process. Your engineering team will be mainly based in the UK and Germany. You will also work closely with an existing application team, data scientists, and a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, Netherlands, and the USA.

Responsibilities

• Researching the applicability of cutting-edge AI technology in our features.
• Keeping up to date with evolving AI frameworks.
• Delivering reports, insights, and proof-of-concepts (POCs).
• Creating performance- and cost-optimized services.
• Helping to build AWS platform infrastructure with CDK, such as Python Lambdas and vector databases.
• Mentoring less senior developers on coding best practices (TDD with pytest, Pythonic code, etc.).
• Writing and reviewing portions of detailed specifications for the development of moderately complex system components.
• Participating in development processes and code reviews.
• Operating in a Scrum-based development environment while collaborating with stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience working with a modern Python codebase.
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, including knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Understanding of software engineering techniques and processes.
• Demonstrable experience with AI engineering.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.
• Experience with Python, Azure Pipelines, and AWS CDK is desirable but not essential.

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

Benefits

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.

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