Senior Software Engineer (Java)

About the role

The Senior Software Engineer (Java) will be responsible for the analysis, definition, design, implementation, testing, installation, modification, and maintenance of properly engineered information systems, containing software as the major component, to meet agreed business needs.

Responsibilities

• Writes new software, makes modifications to existing software, or integrates software applications and modules in accordance with agreed upon specifications, created in partnership with others
• Creates and executes unit testing and integration testing ensuring software meets requirements
• Contributes to the creation of design. May lead the design of complex components.
• Provide technical support to operations or other development teams
• Creates, reviews, and maintains all required technical documentation/ manual related to assigned software to ensure supportability and reuse
• Reviews work of peers and junior developers
• Provides wider feedback into performance
• Assists in identification and implementation of short-term and long-term solution options, including risk assessments
• Assists with improvements to prevent problems, including problem resolution workflow. Participates in remediation solutions
• Participates in project planning sessions with team members to analyse development requirements, provide design options, and provide work breakdown and estimates of work
• Provides work breakdown and estimates for small software development tasks
• Provides timely status updates for areas of individual responsibilities within projects to supervisor
• Actively participates in team and status meetings
• Demonstrates software as requested Develops software using disciplined software development processes, adhering to team/company standards and software best practice guidelines, and corporate policies

Scope of Impact

• Leads routine projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Provides input to department objectives and goals of a sub-Business Unit or function
• May manage budgets for small projects or programs
• Advises middle management on functional matters, or on interpretation of policies and practices
• May train or mentor professional colleagues

Strategic Planning and Decision Making

• Makes recommendations that may shape operational strategy
• Determines the nature of complex or undefined problems; independently identifies the best solution from many alternatives
• Escalates higher risk or more unique problems
• Decisions require interpretive thinking and some judgment in developing solutions

Experience and skills

Required:

• Experienced professional with in-depth knowledge of technical discipline or specialism
• Provides subject matter expertise across sub-units
• Strong understanding of other roles within the function or Business Unit and how they are connected
• Knowledge of relationships between all relevant groups within the company
• Adapts traditional approaches to solutions and applies in different circumstances
• Experience in an agile environment
• Experience with Core Java (multi-threading, profiling, performance optimization, etc.), cloud technologies (preferably AWS), container services, software management and deployment tools, designing and implementing services that are scalable, resilient, etc., knowledge of secure practices
• Technologies: Docker services, Microservices, REST, Spring / SpringBoot, Jenkins

Nice to have:

• AWS ElastiCache, ECS / EC2, Fargate, S3, CloudWatch, Terraform, CloudFormation, GitLab, Git runner etc.

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 maximize each employee's potential through personal development and through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe that remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days' holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• 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 of creating essential partnerships and open opportunities. Our open culture is central to how we deliver our purpose - driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth - in everything we do.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 70 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 any mental health or physical disability needs.

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