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About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we deliver a wide range of solutions that help businesses drive revenue growth, maximize operational efficiency, and improve customer experience. Our offerings address critical challenges across Anti‑Money Laundering / Counter‑Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk Mitigation, and Customer Data Management.
Learn more at: https://risk.lexisnexis.com

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Consulting / Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, optimization, and management of large-scale database systems and backend platforms. This role requires deep expertise in database architecture, performance tuning, and Java-based application development, along with the ability to advise on best practices across data engineering and system design. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-performance data solutions and provide technical leadership across critical initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build database schemas, tables, indexes, and constraints while ensuring efficient data modeling across both OLTP and OLAP environments
• Write, troubleshoot, and optimize complex SQL queries using joins, subqueries, CTEs, and window functions to improve performance and reliability
• Perform hands-on database programming by developing and maintaining stored procedures, triggers, and functions, with strong ownership of transaction management and concurrency control
• Actively debug and resolve production issues, including slow queries, deadlocks, locking problems, and high CPU, memory, or I/O utilization
• Implement and enhance Java-based data access layers using JDBC and ORM frameworks such as Hibernate or JPA to ensure efficient and scalable database interaction
• Build and support ETL pipelines, handling data extraction, transformation, migration, and batch processing for large datasets
• Perform hands-on data analysis, validation, and reporting to ensure data accuracy and support business needs
• Write and maintain Bash or shell scripts to automate database operations, including backups, job scheduling (cron), data processing, and monitoring within Linux or Unix environments

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong database focus
• Expertise in relational databases (MySQL preferred) and data modeling
• Advanced proficiency in SQL development and performance tuning
• Strong experience with Java, JDBC, and ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA)
• Proven experience diagnosing and resolving complex production issues
• Solid understanding of transaction management, concurrency, and system performance
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux environments and shell scripting

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 Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $115,400 - $192,300. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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