Technical Lead - Python with AWS

Job Description

We're looking for an exceedingly talented Technical Lead to work as part of the Risk Intelligence Engineering Support team. 

This role includes participation in an on-call rotation to support critical production systems outside of regular business hours. Candidates should be prepared to respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate with relevant teams to ensure service continuity and minimal downtime.

As a Technical Lead in the team, you’ll be responsible for the technical direction of our Risk Products, ensuring that we are using appropriate technologies and helping drive initiatives to bring customer value and efficiency in operation. You’ll work closely with architects to ensure that technical choices are aligned with the overall architecture of our products. 

Mentoring members of the team also forms a crucial part of the role, working alongside the team management to ensure that the team has the capabilities it needs to deliver.
 
Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities: 

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python code & AWS based on User Stories.
• Develop software using disciplined software development processes, adhering to team/company standards and software best practice guidelines, and corporate policies.  
• Lead groups of engineers and management to coordinate and deliver larger developments. 
• Ensure that there is a focus on software quality through effective testing, doing what is necessary to provide a framework for teams to understand the quality of our developments.
• Work closely with the QA team to ensure that code is developed to a high quality, evidenced through automated testing.
• Create, review, and maintain all required technical documentation to ensure supportability and reuse
• Review work of peers and more junior developers.
• Assist with improvements to prevent problems, including problem resolution workflow.
• Actively participate in team and status meetings, providing timely status updates for areas of individual responsibilities within projects to supervisor 
  
  Key Relationships:

• Development Manager
• Development and QA Team 

   
Essential Skills/Experience Required:

• Experienced Lead engineer (8-11years) with excellent knowledge of AWS Architecture, Python language.
• Solid grasp of object-oriented programming.  
• Familiar with various design patterns.  
• Experienced software engineer with extensive knowledge of HTML5 and the JavaScript language ES5/6/7
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
• Experience of unit testing JavaScript
• Solid understanding of security implications and secure coding
• Familiar with RESTful interfaces
• Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt, Gulp.js, webpack
• Good understanding of browser rendering behaviour and performance
• Self-starter - does what it takes to get the job done
• Excellent communication 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 Behaviour Driven Development

Good to have: Exposure to Java and experience working in polyglot environments. This helps in cross-functional collaboration and system-level design across diverse tech stacks.

This role includes participation in an on-call rotation to support critical production systems outside of regular business hours. Candidates should be prepared to respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate with relevant teams to ensure service continuity and minimal downtime.

Education/ Certifications:

A good relevant Engineering degree is desirable, but experience and the right approach to work are just as important.

Benefits:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We enhance each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal.

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.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

Proud to share LSEG in the India is Great Place to Work certified (Jun ’25 – Jun ’26).

Learn more about life and purpose of our company directly from India colleagues’ video: Bengaluru, India | Where We Work | LSEG

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.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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