Consulting/Principal Software Engineer

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

6/4/2025

About The Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, https://risk.lexisnexis.com

About Our Team

RiskNarrative, a part of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, has a clear mission to make safe commerce simple by helping protect businesses and consumers across multiple sectors from the threat of Fraud and Financial Crime. RiskNarrative is based in central Leeds and has an open and supportive culture, a great working environment, fantastic benefits package and provides support for ongoing learning.

About The Role

As a consulting software engineer, you will be essential in delivering stable and quality products. You will work collaboratively to support industry-leading solutions to combat fraud. We seek individuals who are motivated and passionate about modern Java development processes and can develop high-performing SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Develop and write code to meet complex user story requirements, enhancing the user experience
• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for external technology resources
• Provide design input across products
• Work directly with customers and end users
• Address coding and technical issues
• Collaborate with other technical personnel to finalize requirements
• Write and review detailed specifications for system components
• Complete complex bug fixes
• Design and work with complex data models
• Mentor lead software developers on development methodologies and optimization techniques
  
  

Requirements

• Expertise in software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall)
• Proficiency in development languages, including Java and Spring Boot
• Experience with cloud services such as AWS EC2, S3, SQS, Lambda, and RDS
• Knowledge of database technologies, including SQL and No-SQL
• Skills in data modeling, design, manipulation, optimization, and industry trends
• Ability to write testable code using unit and integration tests
• Understanding of architectural principles like domain-driven design, event-driven systems, micro-frontends, and microservices
• Ability to lead technology resources in solving complex business needs
• Advanced problem-solving skills and experience leading teams to troubleshoot and diagnose project issues
• Strong communication and customer service skills, applicable to a wide audience
  
  

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:

• 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
  
  

Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk team and how we work