Software Engineering LeadAre you excited to work with a variety of products and technologies in a collaborative and supportive environment?Do you enjoy sharing knowledge and learning with colleagues from diverse backgrounds?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: IDVerse is a Sydney-based start-up that is a global pioneer in the development of digital identity verification technology. We've built everything from the ground up and have a broad range of blue-chip customers across banking, telecommunications, government and more. We've perfected the technology locally in Australia and New Zealand and are quickly expanding into the northern hemisphere.

Join a strong team of passionate engineers and build a world-class platform to fight identity fraud at a global scale.

About the Role: This position adds a lead programmer with management experience to support the IDVerse roadmap for features such as face access, fraud hub, SPOT, Quality assurance test platform and the IDKit Verify platform. Currently the Rust team is short on management/leadership. Adding this position with a lead will boost the team with a direct contributor that also provides needed management coverage.

Please ensure that your resume is kept between 1-2 and a max of 3 pages.

• Responsibilities Handson Engineering

• Design, build, and maintain Rust services and libraries; daily coding is a core expectation.

• Optimize performance, reliability, and security; write unit/integration tests and documentation.

• Conduct code reviews; raise engineering quality and consistency across the team.

• Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Define technical approaches and architectural guardrails for Rust components.

• Translate requirements into clear designs/specs; unblock complex bugs and incidents.

• Establish and reinforce Agile dev processes, CI/CD, and coding best practices.

• Team Leadership

• Serve as first point of escalation for development issues within the Rust team.

• Mentor junior and senior engineers and provide frequent feedback and coaching.

• Resolve conflict, find balance among differing opinions

• Partner in interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and performance management in line with company policy.

• Collaboration & Innovation

• Work crossfunctionally with Product, QA, DevOps, and Security to meet SLAs.

• Evaluate tools/frameworks; keep abreast of Rust ecosystem and propose improvements.

• Encourage new ideas to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Requirements:

• 7+ years in software engineering with proven Rust experience (systems programming, memory safety, concurrency).

• BS in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Strong CS fundamentals (algorithms, data structures), and experience with distributed/backend systems.

• Track record of leading projects/teams while remaining a daily contributing coder.

• Testdriven development; secure coding practices; performance optimization.

• Familiarity with data modeling and multiple storage subsystems; AWS experience a plus.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• 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:

• Discounted Health plan rate and Optical Assistance

• Life assurance and income protection

• Option to buy additional Annual Leave days

• Employee Assistance Program

• Flexible working arrangements

• Benefits for you and your family

• Access to learning and development resources

Your recruiter will advise you on the full benefits package for your location

We encourage individuals of all backgrounds, including but not limited to those from underrepresented groups, people living with disabilities, career changers, and candidates with non-traditional education or experience—to apply. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know; we are committed to providing the support you need to succeed.

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