FX Technology – EMEA Engineering Lead

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

12/14/2024

ABOUT US:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

OUR PEOPLE:

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

ROLE PROFILE:

Reporting to the Head of FX Technology, this is a senior leadership position based in London. The successful candidate will define and implement the software development strategy for a set of FX Technology products and applies business requirements and knowledge of software development lifecycle to guide the development of complex software products or customer solutions.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Lead the EMEA based engineering teams, providing significant expertise in high-quality software design, architecture, product domain, process automation, software validation and verification testing
• Creates efficient software development processes
• Implements processes to produce code of the highest quality
• Designs, develops and delivers software solutions that align with architecture, operational and risk processes
• Works closely with the Architecture, Product and Sales teams to deliver products, services, enhancements and solutions to meet customer needs and align with the goals of the business line
• Creates highly effective and productive collaboration with other technical experts
• Acts as the go-to person for technical leadership across the organisation
• Ensures quality is built into everything we deliver as an organisation. Leadership responsibilities Lead Agile POD or small groups of developers
• Able to communicate complex issues to senior decision makers, focusing on relevant details and considerations.
  
  

Key KPIs:

• Team velocity
• Sprint Burndown
• Cycle Time
• Cumulative Flow
• Code metrics
• Test metrics
• Operational/Defect metrics
• Technical / job functional knowledge
  
  

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

Essential Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Proven experience in Java, with at least 15 years of solid development experience preferably focusing on trading systems design and development with an exchange, multi-dealer platform or a top tier bank.
• Leading and coordinating team activities, fostering an inclusive and open culture within the team.
• Strong proficiency in modern Java and JVM technology.
• Experience in FX industry & regulated environments
• Solid grasp of multi-threading, low-latency, and concurrency concepts
• Have a good understanding of AWS or Azure cloud environment with deep understanding of choices one confronts in deployment including the network load balancing, DNS based multi-region routing/HA, proxies, cold and hot storage etc.
• In-depth understanding of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Some knowledge of cloud orchestration tools like Terraform and Helm. Good understanding of cloud native architectures.
• Confident with Linux, including shell scripting. Multi-threading & concurrency
• Experience in Agile development methodologies
• Proficient at delivering quality software
• Atlassian Jira and Confluence
• CICD tooling such as Git/Gitlab/Bamboo/BitBucket/Sonarqube
• Application Security Tools such as Veracode/Coverity/Blackduck
• Continuously adopt a pragmatic, flexible and responsive approach
• Hands on experience of automation
  
  

Preferred Experience:

• Excellent understanding of FIX protocol
• REST
• Experience of Business and Technical Analysis, Quality Assurance, Delivery Management, and / or Emerging Technology and Governance Business and sector expertise
• Experience in broader financial markets preferred
• Leadership and management experience
• Experience in technical thought leadership
  
  

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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