Developer

Developer, Development - Index Technology will be responsible for the solution design and delivery of building new real-time Index services in support the governance and management of Indices, operational and audit requirements.

The remit for this role is a part of the wider programme to build solutions to fit in target state index platform and achieving strategic objectives of LSEG Index business, specifically FTSE Russell.

Role Responsibilities

Design and development of the backend/frontend realtime platform for index calculations and distribution
Contributor for technical solutions within an agile team.
Experience in building and automating CD/CI frameworks
Full cycle of testing from the theoretical model to production
Implementation of Market Data and realtime related projects
Gathering of business requirements and agreeing between IT, App Support teams, businesses teams in Index business.
Prototyping and developing distributed platforms
Analysis and implementation of performance improvements to the existing solutions
Maintenance and support of the existing realtime platforms
Provide 3rd line support for Index Applications
The role reports to the Index Senior Development Manager.
Function as a key tech point of contact for Index services for real-time.

Minimum Requirements

Technical/ job functional knowledge

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
Experience in software development methodologies and Agile based delivery
Proven experience of leading the design and delivery of complex and distributed systems
Experience in working on real-time low latency and high volume systems
Extensive experience in programming languages (C#/Java and any scripting languages), RDBMS/Sybase
Experience in frameworks like Angular/JavaScript an advantage
Experience in building re-usable code, data assets, defining and implementing software engineering best practices code frameworks.
Experience in Ansible/Jenkins/Git
Experience in AWS
Proven experience in working in an agile team to deliver fast paced changes to production.
Business / Sector expertise

Desirable to have experience in financial services with an understanding of financial and related market data
Personal skills capabilities

Excellent communication skills
Strong team player, problem solver, a self-sufficient individual with an ability to be constructively address issues