Technical Lead(Python with AWS)

London Stock Exchange Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Technical Lead to direct risk intelligence engineering. You will mentor engineers, own technical direction, and coordinate with architects to align with product architecture, while supporting production systems in on-call rotations.

The role emphasizes design of scalable Python/AWS solutions, code quality, automated testing, and documentation to ensure service continuity and high reliability across risk products.

Qualifications

• Experienced Lead engineer (8–11 years) with excellent knowledge of AWS Architecture and Python.
• Solid grasp of object‑oriented programming and design patterns.
• Experience with HTML5 and JavaScript ES5/6/7; RESTful interfaces.
• Familiar with front‑end build tools (Grunt, Gulp.js, Webpack) and cross‑browser issues.
• Experience with unit testing JavaScript; secure coding practices.
• Proficient using Git or SVN; agile SDLC experience.
• Knowledge of continuous build/integration and TDD/BDD.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Python/AWS solutions based on User Stories.
• Lead groups to coordinate and deliver larger developments.
• Ensure code quality with automated tests and robust documentation.
• Review peers and mentor junior developers; drive problem resolution workflows.
• Participate in team/status meetings and provide timely updates.

Skills

AWS Architecture

Python

Object‑Oriented

Design Patterns

HTML5

JavaScript ES5/6/7

RESTful APIs

Front-end tooling

Git/SVN

Agile SDLC

Test Driven / Behavior Driven

Tools

Grunt

Gulp.js

Webpack

Job description

Job Description We're looking for an exceedingly talented Technical Lead to work as part of the Risk Intelligence Engineering Support team. This role includes participation in an on‑call rotation to support critical production systems outside of regular business hours. Candidates should be prepared to respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate with relevant teams to ensure service continuity and minimal downtime. As a Technical Lead in the team, you'll be responsible for the technical direction of our Risk Products, ensuring that we are using appropriate technologies and helping drive initiatives to bring customer value and efficiency in operation. You'll work closely with architects to ensure that technical choices are aligned with the overall architecture of our products. Mentoring members of the team also forms a crucial part of the role, working alongside the team management to ensure that the team has the capabilities it needs to deliver.

Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python code & AWS based on User Stories.
• Develop software using disciplined software development processes, adhering to team/company standards and software best practice guidelines, and corporate policies.
• Lead groups of engineers and management to coordinate and deliver larger developments.
• Ensure that there is a focus on software quality through effective testing, doing what is necessary to provide a framework for teams to understand the quality of our developments.
• Work closely with the QA team to ensure that code is developed to a high quality, evidenced through automated testing.
• Create, review, and maintain all required technical documentation to ensure supportability and reuse.
• Review work of peers and more junior developers.
• Assist with improvements to prevent problems, including problem resolution workflow.
• Actively participate in team and status meetings, providing timely status updates for areas of individual responsibilities within projects to supervisor.

Key Relationships: Development Manager Development and QA Team

Essential Skills/Experience Required:

• Experienced Lead engineer (8-11years) with excellent knowledge of AWS Architecture, Python language.
• Solid grasp of object‑oriented programming.
• Familiar with various design patterns.
• Experienced software engineer with extensive knowledge of HTML5 and the JavaScript language ES5/6/7.
• Proficient understanding of cross‑browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues.
• Experience of unit testing JavaScript.
• Solid understanding of security implications and secure coding.
• Familiar with RESTful interfaces.
• Familiarity with front‑end build tools, such as Grunt, Gulp.js, webpack.
• Good understanding of browser rendering behaviour and performance.
• Self‑starter - does what it takes to get the job done.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
• Skill for writing clean, readable code and reusable components.
• Proficient using source code management tools such as Git or SVN.
• Experienced in a formal agile software development lifecycle.
• Familiar with continuous build and integration.
• Experience with Test Driven Development and / or Behaviour Driven Development.

Good to have:

• Exposure to Java and experience working in polyglot environments.

Benefits: We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast‑forward your career! We enhance each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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 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.

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