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# Software Engineering Lead at Elsevier

Compensation · Listed in posting

$121,200 – $201,900/yr

**Setup**
: Remote

**Location**
: Illinois · Florida · +3

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: lead/mgmt

**Posted**
: Sep 29, 2026

## Description

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is hiring a Software Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership and mentor software engineers for a new financial compliance screening tool built with agentic AI. The role involves writing and reviewing specifications, implementing complex systems, managing development processes, resolving technical issues, and directly managing a team. Candidates need at least seven years of software engineering experience, a bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience, and expertise in enterprise Java, Python, cloud toolchains, data modeling, and related technologies. The position is home-based in Illinois or other listed United States locations, with base pay ranging from $115,400 to $230,700 depending on location, plus an annual incentive bonus.

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