Associate Software Engineer

Responsible for the analysis, definition, design, construction, testing, installation, modification, and maintenance of properly engineered information systems, containing software as the major component to meet agreed business needs. To view the full job code description,

Job Description Summary

This role of Associate Software Engineer is within the LSEG RISK Intelligence Technology group. The group is responsible for the development of the technology platforms supporting key products including Connected Risk, World Check, and products in the Risk Managed Services space.

Responsible for the analysis, definition, design, construction, testing, installation, modification, and maintenance of properly engineered information systems, containing software as the major component to meet agreed business needs.

Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code based on user requirements.

Develop well maintainable quality software using agile methodologies, adhering to team/company standards.

Participate in planning sessions with team members to analyse requirements and provide design options, work breakdown and estimates of work.

Demonstrate a focus on quality, through unit testing, integration testing and peer reviews, ensuring software meets requirements.

Thoroughly document, review, and maintain all required technical reference material to ensure supportability and reuse.

Actively participate in team status meetings, providing timely status updates for areas of individual responsibilities within projects to supervisor.

Key Relationships:

Development Manager / Development Team Lead.

Business Analysts.

Agile team members.

Essential Skills/Experience Required:

Experienced software engineer (1-3years) with excellent knowledge of AWS Architecture, Python language.

Solid grasp of object-oriented programming.

Familiar with various design patterns.

Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues

Experience of unit testing

Excelllent understanding of security implications and secure coding

Familiar with RESTful interfaces

Familiarity with front-end build tools

Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance

Self starter - Excels to get the job done

Excellent inter-personal skills, verbal and written

Skill for writing clean, readable code and reusable components

Proficient using source code management tools such as Git or SVN

Experienced in a formal agile software development lifecycle.

Familiar with continuous build and integration

Experience with Test Driven Development and / or Behavior Driven Development