Lead Software Engineer - London Stock Exchange Group

ZipRecruiter; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial markets infrastructure provider in Nottingham is seeking a passionate software developer with experience in Java and AWS. You will engage in a dynamic agile environment, enhancing existing software and delivering new capabilities. Ideal candidates will possess strong collaboration skills and a commitment to innovation, ensuring a high-quality service. This role offers competitive benefits in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience with designing, developing, debugging, optimizing, and supporting systems across multiple datacentres.
• Experience with agile and continuous development processes.
• Strong communication skills with various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Produce deployment artefacts and documentation.
• Collaborate with other groups to understand platform requirements.
• Maintain an understanding of industry trends.

Skills

Software development

Cloud Technologies (AWS)

Agile methodologies

Collaboration skills

Security concepts

Education

Proven experience in software development (Java, Java Springboot)

Relevant leadership experience for more senior roles

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Job Description

Do you have a passion for technology? Do you want to make a difference, delivering software used by some of the biggest companies in the world? Do you love working with others in a dynamic agile environment?

We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate technologists to join our growing team as we strive to deliver excellence to our customers. You're a self starter who will be part of an empowered agile team working on the and access management system behind our products such as the Eikon financial information desktop.

ou will craft and implement feature improvements and maintenance updates for existing software as well as delivering new capabilities and technology updates such as migrating our services to third-party cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Effectively use modern development methods, including build and test tools, and agile processes to deliver high-quality services. Your work will include producing deployment artefacts and documentation.
• Build security and availability into designs from the beginning, including monitoring and data collection for ongoing support and service improvement.
• Collaborate closely with other groups within the organisation to understand their requirements of the platform and to support their use of it.
• You will maintain an understanding of industry trends and use this knowledge to bring new ideas to the platform.

Education and Experience

• Proven experience in software development (Java, Java Sprintboot)
• Proven experience in Cloud Technologies (AWS )
• Relevant leadership experience for more senior roles

Required Skills

• Experience with designing, developing, debugging, optimising and supporting sophisticated production systems operating across multiple datacentres and meeting requirements for security, scalability, availability and performance
• Experience with modern development methods, including agile, continuous build and unit testing processes
• Strong social and collaboration skills and with different types of audiences
• Self-motivated and self-directed with an ability to translate high-level direction into solutions and development projects
• Excellent process analysis skills with an eye for optimisation and automation
• Thorough knowledge of basic security concepts
• Willingness to learn and apply new skills
• Ability to manage own time effectively and to manage competing priorities
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse, globally distributed team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired Skills

• Experience of and Access Management technologies
• Active Directory administration, Windows authentication, Linux authentication
• Experience with deployment approaches and technologies such as microservice architectures, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Other proven experience, e.g.: HTML5, JavaScript, Node.js, SQL

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 Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical needs.

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