Software Engineer - Java in Nottingham

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.

Role Summary

The role focuses on developing and maintaining our Risk Intelligence 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.
• Build a global, highly resilient, highly scalable and highly performant system.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in software development (Java, Spring Boot).
• Proven experience in cloud technologies (AWS preferred).
• Experience working in a cross‑functional, multidisciplinary team.
• 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.
• Willingness to learn and apply new skills.
• Ability to manage own time effectively and to 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 microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience developing REST endpoints and working with the Netty client‑server framework.
• Experience with AWS EKS services.
• Good understanding of auto‑scaling systems and design.

Career Stage: Senior Associate

Job Function: Engineering and Information Technology IT Services and IT Consulting and Financial Services

Employment Type: Full‑time

Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of 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.

Privacy Notice

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.