Senior Software Engineer; Regulatory News

Requirements

• Business level proficiency in the English language – written and verbal
• Detailed knowledge of and experience with software development principles
• Extensive experience delivering enterprise level software using Java
• Extensive experience and understanding of OO, MVC, REST, Web API and Unit testing frameworks
• Good knowledge of relational and/or nosql databases (PostgreSQL & DynamoDB experience is advantageous)
• Expert practitioner of test-driven development, agile methodologies, and clean code programming
• A good working knowledge of git (via Gitlab and/or Bitbucket), source code control and branching/merging practices
• Willingness to learn and develop using multiple programming languages
• (Desirable) Experience and understanding of HTML, JS, CSS, Typescript, Angular v8+, JS libraries, AWS
• (Desirable) Experience with c#, .Net / .Net Core, IIS
• (Desirable) A good working knowledge of other AWS cloud services (DynamoDB, Redis, Cloud Front, etc)
• (Desirable) Experience with Docker and, or other Container tooling (Kubernetes, Anthos, AWS ECTS)
• (Desirable) Knowledge and experience designing and coding with AWS Lambda
• (Desirable) Knowledge and experience designing and coding with AWS API Gateway
• (Desirable) Knowledge of CI/CD practices
• (Desirable) Experience working with Jira, Jenkins & Nexus
• (Desirable) Prior experience of working in large corporate enterprises

• We’re hiring a Senior Developer to join the Regulatory News Service team in London
• For over 300 years, the London Stock Exchange has produced detailed market information for companies and investors, technological innovations have transformed this service from a twice-weekly paper publication for the London business community to a continuous flow of electronic information to all the financial markets across the globe
• This role involves full lifecycle Agile development, including requirements analysis, estimation, design, coding, testing, and peer code reviews
• You’ll contribute to service improvement initiatives alongside development and support tasks, and coordinate with a range of technology and business partners
• The position also requires setting up and handling your development environment and supporting ad hoc duties aligned with team goals
• Flexibility is important, as release and change management activities may occasionally occur outside standard regular working hours
• Act as a lead contributor for technical solutions within an agile team
• Employ a range of techniques to analyze requirements and issues and evaluate multiple solutions against engineering, business & strategic criteria
• Identify and resolve barriers to business deliveries implementing solutions which iteratively add customer value
• Design solutions using common design patterns with a range of design tools & techniques
• Conduct peer reviews to ensure designs are fit for purpose, extensible and re-usable
• Design and build solutions which are secure and controlled
• Complete the design of applications and performing code analysis and overall improvement of style and usability
• Identify and implement improvements to code
• Develop a deep understanding of our users, their needs, behaviors, nice-to-haves, and bring that insight into the heart of all aspects of project work
• Communicate effectively with project partners to report on progress against agreed deliverables and raise any critical issues/blockers