Application Architect(Java with AWS)

London Stock Exchange Group; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group in India is seeking an Application Architect to shape the World-Check One Risk Engineering platform. You will design scalable cloud-native architectures, drive integration patterns, and guide a team of engineers from concept to delivery.

The role requires deep experience building and operating large distributed systems, strong leadership, and the ability to partner with business stakeholders to deliver secure, compliant solutions within the LSEG ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Experience in architecting highly scalable and efficient distributed systems.
• Extensive experience selecting and implementing Cloud services, primarily AWS.
• In-depth understanding of HTTP and REST API design, management, and consumption.

Responsibilities

• Build Logical, Physical, Implementation and Process Solution Architecture designs.
• Be responsible for cloud infrastructure design and develop detailed architecture design for the application.
• Lead production issue RCA and resolution; support governance and risk analysis.

Skills

Java

Python

Spring Boot

Node.js

REST APIs

Cloud architecture

AWS

Security

Leadership

DevOps

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Application Architect – World‑Check One Risk Engineering

Application Architect works with the Solution Architect of World‑Check One – Risk Engineering. Risk Engineering is responsible for the development of critical financial services such as World‑Check One, Screening and Due Diligence. Application Architect is a member of the software engineering team who designs software solutions from the ground up, making high‑level decisions about each stage of the process and directing a team of engineers to build the final product. This role requires significant experience as a software engineer. We are looking for an Application Architect who has the technical expertise and leadership to encourage and influence technology strategy for the business and partner with the business to bring value through the application of groundbreaking technologies and through innovation within the LSEG ecosystem.

Main Responsibilities

Build Logical, Physical, Implementation and Process Solution Architecture designs where required. Be responsible for cloud infrastructure design and develop detailed architecture design for the application. Through understanding of cloud native architecture and principles. Optimise cost of cloud solutions by identifying waste and automating cloud cost management and autoscaling. Support DevOps team with CICD automation. Support application development teams in negotiating governance, privacy gates, compliance and risk analysis. Ability to lead production issue RCA and resolution. Work with Product Owners and Business Analysts providing them with conceptual ideas of how solutions can be designed, at what cost and high‑level timescales. Own, champion and lead all aspects of key quality of service requirements implementation for availability, recovery, reusability, performance, maintainability, security, capacity, and compatibility.

Partnering Architecture Design

• Domain/business logic model design
• Interoperability design such as API and Messaging
• Data model design
• Physical architecture designs (in partnership with Infrastructure team)
• Pair design with other Application Architects and Technical leads
• Develop design skills so that they become self‑reliant
• Produce proof of concepts that could be handed over to the Technical Leads / Dev teams for full‑scale development
• Contribute to architecture communities of practice and architecture councils, leads the development of architectural standards by leading and influencing architecture teams
• Identify where technology and partnerships can cause a ground‑breaking shift in business and work with key business partners to bring it to realisation

Skills / Experience Required

Experience in architecting highly scalable and efficient distributed systems, using different open source tools. A consistent track record of delivering Application and Cloud Solution Architectures. Extensive experience selecting and implementing Cloud services, primarily AWS. Detailed understanding of Messaging Services for modern application architecture. In‑depth experience using cloud patterns, multi‑tenancy, sharding, priority queue, throttling, sidecar and CAP theorem. Understanding of polyglot persistence and hands‑on experience with SQL and NoSQL solutions. Experience with MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch and other relational databases. In‑depth understanding of HTTP and REST API design, management, and consumption. Very strong Java skills and experienced with Python, Spring Boot, Node js and JavaScript. Experience implementing Enterprise Integration Patterns. Experience with authentication methods such as SAML, OIDC or Auth2. Extensive experience designing and implementing solutions for large systems that are scalable, extensible, performant, secure and highly available. Experienced in presenting with senior leadership and proven communication skills to work across technical and business teams. Experienced in working with vendors. Awareness of GDPR and ISO standards.

Desired Skills / Experience

Understanding of the business domain, including: risk management; customer and third‑party risk; the regulatory marketplace. Understanding of the financial markets, banking and news.

The Person

Possesses robust analytical skills with the ability to synthesise business requirements with technology capabilities to produce a coherent solution architecture that fits with the rest of the ecosystem. Has the ability, under pressure, to rapidly solve underlying issues and to lead teams to arrive at and craft viable solutions. Ability to manage numerous projects with conflicting priorities in a constantly evolving environment. Ability to operate across organisational boundaries, to influence vendors and technology staff and to have an impact on the technology community. Strong interpersonal skills supported by expressive oral and written communication. Strong negotiating and influencing skills.

Benefits

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including:

• Healthcare
• Retirement planning
• Paid volunteering days
• Wellbeing initiatives

Culture and Values

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 experience the critical role we have in helping to re‑engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. We are proud to be a Great Place to Work® in India. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

Equal Opportunity / Diversity Statement

We are a proud equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.