Lead Real-Time News Data Architect

London Stock Exchange Group; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information: Lead News Data Architect to define and evolve the data architecture powering our real-time News platform. You will shape schemas, contracts, and discovery signals that support sub-second access for customers worldwide.

This hands-on leadership role combines data modeling, metadata standards, and collaboration with engineering to drive platform-wide decisions while maintaining reliability, observability, and a strong developer experience.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Data Architect for real-time data systems.
• Expertise in data modeling and contract definition.
• Designs for low-latency, high-throughput systems.
• Experience with streaming or event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud-native data platforms and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end data architecture for real-time news ingestion and distribution.
• Develop data standards, schemas, and contracts for news content and metadata.
• Collaborate with engineering to improve signal discoverability via metadata normalization.
• Ensure observability and data lineage while maintaining reliability and performance.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Modeling

Low Latency

Streaming

Cloud Platforms

Communication

Tools

Elasticsearch

Job description

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information: Lead News Data Architect to define and evolve the data architecture powering our real-time News platform. You will shape schemas, contracts, and discovery signals that support sub-second access for customers worldwide.

This hands-on leadership role combines data modeling, metadata standards, and collaboration with engineering to drive platform-wide decisions while maintaining reliability, observability, and a strong developer experience.