Lead Java Software Engineer - London Stock Exchange Group in Nottingham

Join to apply for the Lead Java Software Engineer role at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). LSEG is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and a worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs.

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 shapes 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. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike.

Role Summary: The role focuses on developing and maintaining the Public API and API Gateway, integral to products like World-Check One and World-Check Verify, within an agile environment. It requires strong Java and cloud technology skills, especially AWS, and involves collaboration across teams to enhance platform capabilities.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Effectively use modern development methods, including build and test tools and agile processes, to deliver high-quality services.
• Your work will include producing deployment artefacts and documentation.
• Build security and availability into designs from the beginning, including monitoring and data collection for ongoing support and service improvement.
• Collaborate closely with other groups within the organisation to understand their requirements of the platform and to support their use of it.
• Maintain an understanding of industry trends and use this knowledge to bring new ideas to the platform.
• Lead and mentor junior and senior developers in the team.
• Work closely with BA and PO to write and break down work items and communicate requirements.
• Build a global, highly resilient, highly scalable and highly performant system.

What You’ll Bring:

• Proven experience in software development (Java, Java Spring Boot).
• Demonstrable experience in Cloud Technologies (AWS preferred).
• Relevant leadership experience for more senior roles.
• Experience with designing, developing, debugging, optimising and supporting sophisticated production systems operating across multiple data centres and meeting requirements for security, scalability, availability and performance.
• Experience with modern development methods, including agile, continuous build and unit testing processes.
• Strong social and collaboration skills with different types of audiences.
• Self-motivated and self-directed with an ability to translate high-level direction into solutions and development projects.
• Excellent process analysis skills with an eye for optimisation and automation.
• Thorough knowledge of basic security concepts.
• Willingness to learn and apply new skills.
• Ability to manage own time effectively and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse, globally distributed team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with deployment approaches and technologies such as microservice architectures, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience of developing REST endpoints and working with Netty client-server framework.
• Experience with AWS EKS services.
• Good understanding of auto-scaling systems and design.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.