Lead Engineer, Post Trade Solutions

at  LSEG London Stock Exchange Group

Role Profile
The successful candidate for the “Senior Scala Engineer” role, will be working with the Head of Client Digital Technology, Post Trade. They will be responsible for developing an AWS cloud-based critical market infrastructure service using predominately Scala. This is a highly technical engineering role that would suit a software developer with a demonstrated track record of building commercial applications in scala.
This great opportunity requires a candidate to take Pride in their work and Ownership of their work, demonstrate excellent engineering skills, communication skills, can-do behaviour and be highly collaborative.
They will be playing a critical role in growing the business.
Key Responsibilities
Build, deliver and maintain the multiple components of the Equities platform ensuring timely delivery of work items. Resolve complex problems through in-depth evaluation of sophisticated architectures, business processes and industry standards. Serve as advisor to develop highly resilient and future proof solutions. Research and suggest for new projects for the Equities platform. Willing to take new responsibilities based on projects need and circumstances. Supply and guide the program initiatives in engineering excellence and learning and development. Ensure work is well documented and communicated with partner expectations handled. Be challenging and questioning while ensuring trust and respect are maintained and a one team mentality is promoted.
Key Skills and Experience
Microservices architecture
You have excellent understanding of microservices designs, its pitfalls, and standard methodologies and processes.
You have knowledge of Domain driven Design and event architecture.
You have experience of working with containerised and orchestrated services using Docker and Kubernetes.
You are familiar with the concept of service mesh such as Istio.
You have experience of building and maintaining dev-ops pipelines for delivering applications ideally using GitLab.
You have experience of using shift left testing principles and frameworks using technology such as Junit, Cucumber, Gherkin, Contract Test (PACT), TestContainers or other similar technology.
You have knowledge of using eventing and messaging infrastructure such as Kafka and MQ
Advanced Scala programming (5+ years)
You have strong experience in functional programming and object-oriented programming.
You have a deep understanding of Scala including Akka (for building concurrent, distributed, and resilient applications), Play Framework (for web applications), Cats/Scalaz (for functional programming abstractions)
You are proficient in developing and delivering enterprise grade Scala applications.
You have experience of working with data structures, algorithms, concurrency & multi-threading.
Database Management
You have strong SQL knowledge and experience working with relational DBs, such as Postgres.
You have a working knowledge of object storages such as AWS S3
You have knowledge of Database version control tools such as Flyway and Liquibase
Cloud Architecture
You have worked on major public cloud preferably AWS.
You have used cloud-based technology like AWS Aurora, MSK, S3, IAM
You have a basic understanding of cloud networking.
Agile ways of working
You understand and believe in the ethos of agile working.
You have experience of working in Scrum/Kanban model.
You can participate and actively collaborate and chip in to sprint ceremonies including Product Backlog Refinement
You have the experience of collaborating with multi-functional teams in scaled agile setups.
You have some experience of writing applications using Java.
You have developed Web applications using ReactJS.

Key Behaviours

• You have demonstrated a keen focus on delivery perfection, meeting commitments and managing your partners’ expectations.
• You can demonstrate ability to take on responsibility and be accountable for it.
• You can work well within a team, is able to be effective and collaborate with each other for the good of the
• You are able to work with product, architecture and delivery to understand their requirements in depth and translate that into robust timely delivered applications.
• You can be critical and ambitious while maintain respect.
• You understand the importance of communication within a team and have championed it in the past.
• You have a desire to learn, improve and innovate.
• You have very high development standards, especially for code quality, code reviews, unit testing, continuous integration, and deployment.
• You are an engineer at heart that enjoys working with various technologies have an appetite for taking on challenges and maximising new technologies while minimising complexity.

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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