DataScope Senior Software Engineer (Backend C++)

About Us:

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. It's how we've contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services - and our open-access model - we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.

Role Description:

The DataScope suite of applications is part of our Pricing and Reference Service business. It is a respected application used in the wider finance industry where clients can download both market data in bulk form or in customized reports. The application has 4k+ external clients who consume financial data to analyse funds and the market position of global industry players.

In this role, you'll be joining our Enterprise Data Solutions as a Backend Developer (C++): serving the entire spectrum of data needs across asset classes, latency and delivery mechanisms including real-time data and news, reference and legal entity data.

Candidate Profile / Key Skills:

Tech Profile/Required Skills

• Current knowledge of C++ standards and specifications, preferably both C++98 and C++11.
• Proficiency in C++ compliant languages such as C, Java, and Python.
• Knowledge of SQL and JSON
• Analysis of business requirements to identify flexible and pragmatic design changes to development and production architecture.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent people skills and emotional intelligence.
• Good working cloud knowledge (Azure preferred)

Nice to Have skills:

• Modern development practices - scrum, CI/CD, BDD, automation, Infrastructure as Code.
• LUA
• Linux/Unix Administration
• ActiveMQ
• JDK
• ELK (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana)
• Financial Market data experience
• Cloud Development Experience

• Previous experience of LSEG's DataScope suite of applications highly preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience as a C++ software developer; C++ certification.

• Enterprise-scale application development experience using C++/C on Unix/Linux platform.
• Practical Experience with all of the following:
  • SOAP/REST API Services
  • JSON and XML
  • SQL
  • Linux/Unix - general usage and scripting
  • SSH
  • Python
  • Version Control Systems such as Mercurial or Git
  • Integration Technologies such as message queues and ESB
  • Real time application/low latency applications with very high data volumes.

Detailed Responsibilities:

• Implements features, adjusts and supports solutions according to business requirements from product managers.
• Improves technical solutions to make them more stable and maintainable.
• Provides assistance to 2nd and 3rd line support teams to analyze and resolve data and behavioral issues from clients.
• Collaborates with the software development team on application design and development.
• Develops knowledge and understanding of technologies in LSEG and utilises these in their own scope of work, to create a network within the company.
• Adapts existing patterns to develop robust solution and provides expert knowledge on coding.
• Optimizes software by performing maintenance, updates, and upgrades.
• Documents processes and maintaining software development records.
• Keeps up to date with C++ standards and advancements in application development.

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.

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