Senior Software Developer

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs.

If you're looking for a new challenge where you can stretch and develop your technical skills, this could be the opportunity for you. We'd love to hear from you!

Role Purpose

Index Process Automation is an in-house technical team within FTSE Russell Operations. As Senior Software Developer, you will be a key member in helping shape and build the future of technology for FTSE Russell Operations. Project work is critical to enhancing quality, growing coverage, improving service and operational resiliency, and increasing automation. Primary responsibilities of the team include centralizing automation, innovation, and research to design, develop, and implement process improvements and simplification. This role will help enable transformational change across the FTSE Russell Operations global team.

Python developer with react front-end and Python backend experience, you will be responsible for developing and helping maintain our AWS hosted web application. Collaborate with data modelers, analysts, and business users to ensure ongoing development with different product teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the demonstration of adherence to the LSEG Data standard policies and procedures.
• Adapt quickly to new technologies, tools, and frameworks as needed for projects.
• Engage in continuous learning to stay updated with industry trends and best practices.
• Develop and maintain web applications using React and Python.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Optimize applications and code for speed and scalability.
• Fix and debug applications to improve performance.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to teams’ best practices.
• Document data ownership and establish integrations with enterprise data repositories.

Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience of a python developer with 3+ years in an enterprise environment.
• Solid understanding of OOP principles, experience using common libraries for data manipulation (pandas, NumPy, datetime, regex functions).
• 2+ years of front-end development with experience in React, JS, HTLM, and CSS.
• 1+ years of experience in SQL Server writing basic queries and executing SP’s.
• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g. Git we use Bitbucket, GitLab)
• Experience in creating comprehensive documentation using systems like Confluence and bug tracking software like Jira.
• Proficient in using testing frameworks (unit test, pytest, Jest) to ensure code quality and maintainability.
• Desirable: Hands-on experience with AWS, AZURE, or other cloud providers. Experience with databricks, adf, glue, ETL’s, and ELT’s.
• Demonstrated ability to work inclusively, communicate effectively, and collaborate within a team, ensuring a collaborative and productive work environment.

Soft Skills

• An enthusiastic advocate of high-quality solutions
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate technical information to non-technical partners and to listen to identified concerns and adapt accordingly

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.

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