Lead Software Engineer

About Real-Time Team
We are building a new team here in Bangkok.

This is a long term multi-year plan to form a strong team to provide system-level expertise in developing low-latency, high-throughput as well as high performance network-based solutions that help LSEG in capturing, filtering, and aggregating market data as well as distributing them to relevant systems/components for consumption within our real-time ecosystem called "Elektron".

The team focuses on Linux-based platform and addresses anything that factors into performance, latency, and architectural aspects. From offline, network-based, on-premise or cloud delivery, we involve them all.

We closely coordinate and work with the team in US. This means we provide suitable working styles that match the team's day-to-day operations.

Lastly,

You will be the initial founding members of the team

You will be part of the effort to shape and build a team with right culture as well as forming a system-level programming & Linux community in LSEG Bangkok

If this sounds exciting, please apply.

Role Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities:

• Demonstrates knowledge of technologies within LSEG and how they relate to various parts of the business.
• Develops tools and applications by producing clean and efficient code, may also review others' code when required and suggest improvements or resolutions where applicable.
• Handles own workload and promotes an inclusive and open culture.
• Develops knowledge and expertise in software development and other domains to understand linkages and dependencies enhancing alignments.
• Leads design work and planning for user journeys.
• Establishes an understanding of strategy and culture, and how they impact own work.
• Completes the delivery of given tasks with some guidance and oversight.
• Builds strong relationships with their team and colleagues and collaborates closely.
• Communicates clearly and with precision in a concise format and timely manner.
• Takes initiative to develop knowledge in technology products and tools through on the job learning, certifications and projects.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Professional qualification or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of C++11 with at least one or more of scripting language like Python, or Bash.
• Practical knowledge of design patterns to apply to development.
• Good experience working in software development life cycle.

Role(s) for Lead Software Engineer (C++)
Job Responsibilities

• Design and implements software modules in C++ included build system scripting, unit testing, integration testing, performance testing along with software packaging and configuration management.
• Participates in code/design reviews.
• Contributes toward product and internal documentation, technical specifications, software documentation and unit test plans.
• Assists in resolution of field problems as needed.
• Partners with QA (Quality Assurance) to ensure high quality software.
• Partners with owner, and collaborators of projects to deliver, support, and maintaining products.
• Opportunity to mentor junior-to-mid level engineers while the team is growing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience of professional software development.
• Have awareness in performance implication of various libraries in use included C++ STL to make decision whether to use 3rd party library or implement our own.
• Experience developing in C++ in a multi-threaded environment.
• Strong experience of application or backend development on Linux with comfortability in using Linux command lines & various tools.
• Experience in using Makefile, and CMake build system.
• Knowledge and experience in at least one of several kinds of real-time project development using C++ such as uses multi-threaded code in business application, embedded systems / IoT delivering real-world products, game development, network-based application striving for either low-latency or high-throughput such as web server, packet filtering, or trading related application.
• Good understanding of operating system concepts included memory management, caching system, etc.
• Hands-on experience with network programming (e.g., sockets, TCP/IP, UDP, multicast) using directly platform API e.g. socket API.
• Strong English writing & verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work partially in US hours.

Nice to have

• Experience developing on Windows.
• Experience in developing with either one of Rust, Go, C#, Java or Python, or other system-programming languages.
• Not afraid to be dealing with legacy code base (C++98) of some of our projects with eyes towards modernization to C++11 onwards.
• Experience in directly using Linux POSIX API e.g. multi-threaded with thread library, file system, I/O multiplexing, signal processing, etc.
• Have exposure to market data in financial sector, or having been exposed to investment, trading.

Career Stage:
Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:
Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

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