LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

Lead Software Engineer – Java

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSCloudDockerDynamoDBElasticSearchJavaKubernetesRDBMSTerraform

About the role

  • Lead the design, development, and deployment of software applications and services.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
  • Collaborate with application architects, product managers, designers, and stakeholders to define requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Drive architectural decisions and ensure alignment with best practices in scalability, performance, and security.
  • Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and promote continuous improvement.
  • Manage project timelines, delivery risks, and dependencies to ensure timely delivery.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and advocate for their adoption where appropriate.
  • Contribute to strategic planning and roadmap development.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in software engineering, with a strong track record of leading successful projects.
  • Proficiency in Java
  • Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and system integration.
  • Experience with cloud platform (AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Skills and experience with web servers and databases (e.g. DynamoDB, RDBMS, Elasticsearch).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines utilising infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible).
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
  • Good communication and teamwork abilities
  • Critical thinking, value judgment and common sense over process.
  • Able to work independently as well as in a team.
  • Positive attitude to learning new skills and technologies.
Benefits
  • Healthcare
  • Retirement planning
  • Paid volunteering days
  • Wellbeing initiatives

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Javasoftware architecturedesign patternssystem integrationAWSDockerKubernetesDynamoDBRDBMSElasticsearch
Soft skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkcritical thinkingvalue judgmentindependencepositive attitude