Lead Software Engineer in Nottingham

Role Summary

The Workflows Engineering team are recruiting a C++ Lead Software Engineer to play a crucial role in our organisation. The successful candidate will become part of an engineering team addressing complex challenges and taking these to resolution. This provides a phenomenal opportunity for individuals who enjoy solving a variety of problems and who relish the chance to lead the resolution of exciting and new challenges on a regular basis. In an era of rapidly evolving AI capabilities, we’re seeking engineers who bring experience with established development tools and technologies, alongside the vision and ambition to integrate them into modern, AI‑first ways of working and delivering value.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Act as a subject matter expert, advising on design, development, and implementation
• Deliver high‑quality solutions through expert coding and tooling
• Own workload while contributing to an open, inclusive team culture
• Serve as a domain point of contact, with deep expertise and awareness of cross‑domain dependencies
• Align work to technology/domain strategy and support its delivery; contribute to strategy where relevant
• Build understanding of the market and LSEG’s commercial position
• Lead projects autonomously, delegating where needed and supporting team delivery
• Partner with architects to define and implement solutions
• Lead design and planning for Epics, breaking them into stories with Product and QA
• Apply and adapt engineering patterns to deliver robust solutions
• Build and maintain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to varied audiences
• Continuously develop technical and industry expertise (e.g. certifications, qualifications)

What You’ll Bring

• Strong programming skills in at least one language (C++ preferred; Java/others a plus)
• Experience in 3+ of: REST / WebSocket Kafka (event‑driven messaging) SQL (Oracle / SQL Server) Redis Azure PaaS (Event Hub, Azure SQL, Kubernetes, Azure Cache, etc.) Terraform / Helm GitLab CI (or AWS equivalents)
• Exposure to at least one of: Business/Technical Analysis, QA, Delivery Management, or Emerging Tech & Governance
• Consistent track record in software development and delivery technology and industry expertise through certifications, professional qualifications
• Experience or familiarity with financial messaging protocols – particularly FIX is desirable
• Occasional out of hours work, including overnight and at weekends and Bank Holidays may be requested, as well as on‑call technical support

Career Stage

Manager

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

Benefits

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