Development Manager

Overview

We are seeking a hardworking, highly skilled and expert Lead Engineer to join FTSE-Russell Index team of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) based in our Bengaluru office. The team is responsible for calculation and distribution of Indexes to our customers across the world. The individual will be working on innovative technologies to automate End to End testing of the Index Platform solution, which supports the strategic growth of the FTSE Russell Index business. We are looking for an engineer coming from strong development background to build and lead the End-to-End test automation platform.

If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be to fast-forward your career. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in high performance, cloud native, Java based microservices. As the lead engineer, you are expected to learn and develop expertise of the Financial Indices business on the job. You ll ensure to keep track to our product roadmaps, through the rationalisation of requirements, designing test automation solutions and planning the best course to automate the end-to-end testing of various backend user journeys. You will be responsible for leading a small team of engineers creating a culture of ownership, high quality and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Naturally curious: This is a techno-functional role suitable for someone who enjoys learning about various financial asset classes and the internal workings of Index business. You enjoy solving problems, have a strong analytical ability, and get a kick from seeking constant improvement and evolution.

Tech Expertise: Passionate about system design and development. Demonstrates depth of knowledge and expertise in software design, development and testing, act as an SME in the domain, mentor junior developers on a day-to-day basis.

Testing & Security: Lead the implementation of End-to-End automation testing. Maintain a minimum code coverage of 80%, guaranteeing applications are robust, scalable, and secure. Proactively solve production issues, deduce root causes, and implement timely fixes or workarounds.

Product Delivery: Lead individual project priorities and target commitments. Responsible for delivering commercial products on a regular basis with short cycle times.

Qualifications

Degree, Masters or equivalent education in engineering disciplines.

10+ years of shown experience in Core Backend Software Development.

Worked on at least one project using cloud hosted microservices architectures and Kubernetes.

Required Skills

• Delivery and execution focussed. Ability to work against tight deadlines.
• Ability to convert business use cases and user journeys into technical solutions.
• Ability to learn quickly, creative, results driven, self-motivated, and solutions oriented.
• Demonstrates a can-do demeanour, leads change, thinks strategically.
• Experience in CI/CD tools & automation e.g., GitLab/ Jenkins/similar DevOps tooling.
• Experience working on Performance Optimizations, JVM Profiling.
• Extensive hands-on experience in:
  • Core Java, good understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Relational DB for e.g. (Oracle /SQL server /Postgres SQL)
  • DevOps (CI/CD)
  • Docker, Kubernetes
  • Event driven Microservices and REST APIs
• Basic experience in:
  • Python core concepts and associated libraries / framework

Advantageous Skills

• Experience in financial services with an understanding of financial market data would be helpful
• Experience working with Highly Distributed & Data Intensive system
• Familiarity with technologies such as:
  • In-Memory caching
  • Spring Boot, Redis, Apache Kafka
  • BDD Testing framework such as Cucumber/Karate

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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