Lead Software Engineer

The Lead Software Engineer will perform development activities in an agile team, leading on technical solutions, design and writing quality code as well as software testing. This role requires the delivery of good quality software to meet customers needs. Coaching and mentoring team members alongside leadership skills are needed for this role.

Role Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities:
You will engage with product owners, architects and technical specialists in order to understand business requirement, technical requirement and translate them into detailed design specifications for application code and modules. You will provide design recommendations, developing and integrating programs per written specifications. You are occasionally responsible for writing moderate to high complexity of design specifications. You will build and maintain efficient, reusable, reliable and secure code based on user requirements.

You will develop enterprise software within a multi-functional agile team, adhering to company standards and methodologies. You will participate in refinement and planning sessions, you analyze development requirements, provide design options and complexity estimates, and agree how to deliver the requirements efficiently.

You will join a team collaborating with product owners to implement solutions that meet customer needs, align with agreed architecture designs and consistently focus on your good quality of software through the creation and execution of automated tests. You will work with other team members closely to set timeframes of the assigned user stories and detailed achievements to meet customer and business needs. You will do code review with junior staffs to ensure the quality of code and meet the development practice.

We continuously work to identify and implement improvements to improve operational efficiency. And You will be responsible to drive them to achieve efficiencies and results.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Master/Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering
• Experience 5+ years in software architecture design and development
• Knowledge of architecture design guideline/development practice.
• Knowledge of Distributed System Design and Implementation
• Expert software engineer of Java, Python and/or JavaScript.
• Experienced in the Cloud technology
• Experience of emerging technology, e.g. AI would be an advantage
• Experience of SQL and database
• Proven technical background with understanding of programming styles, frameworks, design patterns and unit testing.
• Understanding of security implications and secure coding
• Practical experience with agile development methodologies and tools (Scrum, JIRA etc.)
• Fluent in English for both spoken and written
• Skill for writing clean, readable code and reusable components
• Experience with Test Driven Development and / or Behavior Driven Development
• Self-motivated, pressure-tolerant, and result oriented personality with innovation
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

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.

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