Full Stack Developer

Background

Issuer & Member Services IT is a growing team to support the expansion (of users and functionality) of one of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) key strategic web services. The foundation platform is operational on the AWS public cloud and leverages a number of modern technologies (ie serverless, NoSQL, containers, etc) and these will need to adapt and expand to accommodate the business growth plans.

The FS Dev will play a central role in developing the platform's functionality (both front-end and back-end) and engineering changes and enhancements to the underlying system components and toolsets.

Career Opportunities

• Working in a modern cloud technology stack

• Gaining experience in a significant global financial services enterprise

• Directly contributing to the business value of the service

• Directly contributing to non-functional improvements

• Directly contributing to service improvements (team processes, tools, etc)

Objectives

• Delivery of front end and back end solutions in accordance with PO and Tech Lead priorities

• Designing and delivering solutions in accordance with team and organisational standards

• Collaborating with peers for code reviews, QA and progression through the SDLC

• Supporting diagnosis and resolution of production issues as needed

• Identifying and overcoming/working around obstacles, challenges and impediments to progress

• Contributing to the development of team standards and service improvements

Responsibilities

• Participation in Sprint events - estimations, scrums, reviews, retrospectives, etc in accordance with team standards

• Full lifecycle development (Agile)- from requirements analysis, estimation, design, coding, unit testing, documenting, peer reviews, and QA validation

• Full lifecycle workflow - using Jira, Gitlab/Bitbucket, Jenkins, etc in accordance with team standards

• Code management - branching, commits, merges in accordance with team standards

• Set up and management of personal development environment (AWS Workspace)

• Managing service improvement activities alongside development and support activities

• Coordination with a cross section of technology and business stakeholders as needed

• Other ad hoc duties that may be required to support the team mission and goals from time to time

Note #1: release and change management events will often be scheduled outside of normal UK working hours. The FS Devs operate to support these events from time to time. This is will be approximately working one evening a quarter.

Note #2: production incidents can be reported at any time. The FS Dev may participate in rota for Level 3 support of problems outside of normal working hours. Details of the rota are still being defined.

Required Knowledge & Skills

Mandatory

• Business level proficiency in the English language - written and verbal

• Solid Typescript , HTML, CSS skills

• Experience in Node (Node.js) or Angular (full stack, not just Angular.js)

• A good working knowledge of git (via Gitlab and/or Bitbucket)

• Front end and back end development

• Detailed knowledge and experience of development first principles and object oriented programming

• Prior experience of Agile project management practices

• Prior experience of CI/CD practices

• Prior experience of source code control and branching/merging practices

• Prior experience of working within a web development environment

• Prior experience of working in large corporate enterprises

Optional, but preferred

• Knowledge and experience designing and coding with AWS API Gateway

• Knowledge and experience designing and coding with AWS Lambda

• A good working knowledge of other AWS cloud services (DynamoDB, Redis, CloudFront, etc)

• Experience working with Jira, Jenkins & Nexus.

Key Person Traits

• Responsibility & accountability - taking ownership

• Taking initiative - working autonomously

• Creativity - problem solving and overcoming obstacles

• Quality & integrity - ensuring accuracy and completeness

• Tenacity - resilience in the face of challenges

• Data driven - applying quantification and qualification in decision making

• Compassion and collaboration - working with a broad range of stakeholders

Success Metrics

• Development will match or exceed expectations on pace and quality of delivery into production with minimal post deployment support issues or bugs

• Production support priorities will be maintained

• A proactive and balanced contribution to the overall improvement of the development processes, tools and solutions

• Feedback from a cross-section of stakeholders (PO's, others in the Development team)

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

We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as

• 25 days' holiday per year

• Share Purchase Plan

• Private Medical Insurance

• Dental Coverage

• Life insurance

• Pillar 3 Private Pension Plan

• Meal Vouchers

• Flexible Benefits

• Bookster

• Volunteering Events

• Team Buildings

At LSEG, we believe that creating a diverse and inclusive organisation is fundamental to the way we deliver on our promise - and our purpose. You'll be part of an organisation of over 25,000 people, spanning 70 countries. We recognise the individual perspectives each of our colleagues brings, and our diverse workforce is one of our greatest strengths. In supporting collaboration and creativity and encouraging new ideas across a diverse and inclusive workforce, we can improve how we are driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

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

We are an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

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