Head of Analytics Engineering

lseg; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) seeks a Head of Analytics Engineering to drive strategy, design, and delivery of analytics products across asset classes, pricing and risk, with AI/ML embedded into scalable, production-grade systems. You will lead engineering across real-time and batch workloads and partner with Product, Research and Commercial leadership to deliver impactful outcomes.

The role combines financial domain expertise with large-scale distributed systems engineering, owning the

Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science or computer engineering.
• Deep expertise in scaling analytics computations for financial markets.
• Strong programming in Python, Java and C++ with experience building distributed data systems.
• Experience with AI/ML systems and production deployment, including model lifecycle management.
• Experience with a financial data provider, exchange, sell-side institution, or quantitative firm.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Analytics Engineering strategy for a portfolio of analytics products, aligned to the Data and Analytics Product Engineering unit.
• Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of production-grade analytics products (pricing, risk) across real-time and batch use cases.
• Set and enforce engineering best practices across code quality, testing, and observability.
• Drive integration of AI/ML into analytics products with path to production, monitoring and governance.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, Research and Data Platforms to deliver scalable analytics capabilities.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Distributed systems

AI/ML

Education

Master's degree in computer science or computer engineering

Job description

LSEG is seeking a Head of Analytics Engineering to lead the strategy, design, and delivery of Analytics products and capabilities underpinning our Cross Asset, Fund, Private Markets and Predictive Analytics offerings, reporting to the Data and Analytics Engineering CIO.

This role owns the end-to-end engineering of analytics capabilities across these offerings-including pricing, risk, derived metrics, and predictive (AI/ML-driven) analytics-ensuring they are scalable, production-grade, and aligned to client workflows.

This role sits at the intersection of financial domain expertise, large-scale distributed systems engineering, and applied AI/ML, with accountability for how analytics products are engineered, productionised, and scaled across LSEG.

AI/ML underpins predictive analytics capabilities and is increasingly embedded across Cross Asset, Fund, and Private Markets offerings; this role is accountable for establishing the engineering frameworks required for model integration, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management at scale.

The role combines product-centric thinking with deep technical leadership, ensuring analytics capabilities are commercially differentiated, technically robust, and aligned to client needs. You will lead a high-performing organisation, shape engineering direction, and partner closely with Product, Research, and Commercial leadership to deliver impactful outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy, Product & Thought Leadership

Define and execute the Analytics Engineering strategy for a portfolio of analytics products, aligned to the Data and Analytics Product Engineering business unit.

Translate customer and market needs into scalable analytics capabilities, owning and evolving a forward-looking roadmap across analytics computations and AI/ML in partnership with Product and Commercial teams.

Contribute to LSEG's engineering direction and market positioning as a recognised leader in analytics and data-driven capabilities.

Analytics Product Engineering & Delivery

Lead the architecture, design and delivery of production-grade analytics products (e.g., pricing and risk) - across real-time and batch use cases.

Set and enforce engineering best practices across code quality, testing, and observability.

Own delivery of complex, high-impact programmes, ensuring alignment across teams.

Provide strategic technical leadership, guiding architecture and critical design decisions.

Drive integration of AI/ML into analytics products, ensuring effective path to production, monitoring, and governance.

Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to enhance analytics capabilities and commercial value.

Domain Leadership

Apply deep expertise in fixed income and derivatives to shape analytics products and ensure analytics outputs (e.g., pricing, risk and derived metrics) are accurate, performant, and aligned to client workflows.

Stakeholder, Commercial & Organisational Leadership

Operate with an enterprise mindset, partnering closely with Sales, Product, Research, Data Platforms, Communities and adjacent Engineering teams to deliver outcomes that scale beyond a single domain.

Build trusted, highimpact relationships across LSEG, aligning Analytics Engineering priorities to groupwide strategy and customer outcomes.

Influence without authority, bringing teams together around common goals, resolving tradeoffs, and driving decisions that optimise for LSEG.

Translate complex technical concepts into clear business insights and decisions.

Lead and scale high-performing analytics engineering organization, fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture.

Ensure alignment and collaboration across teams, programmes, and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience

Master's degree in computer science or computer engineering with deep expertise in scaling analytics computations for financial markets.

Strong domain knowledge in fixed income and derivatives, including pricing and risk concepts.

Strong programming expertise (Python, Java, C++) with proven experience building distributed data and analytics systems, including high-throughput pipelines and low-latency computation.

Strong understanding of AI/ML systems and production deployment, including model lifecycle management.

Experience within a financial data provider, exchange, sell-side institution, or quantitative firm with a comparable data and analytics ecosystems.

Career Stage:

Group Director

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Cha