Java Developer; Blockchain

Role Profile

The successful candidate for the Engineer, Post Trade role will work with the Director Technical Delivery Solution and Delivery. You will be part of a team building a complex, ground‑up cloud‑based critical market infrastructure service in a bold new venture for LSEG. This opening requires a candidate who takes great pride in delivering excellence with strong logical and technical skills, a can‑do attitude, and a willingness to play a critical role in forming and growing a new business.

• Focus on engineering excellence and coding, adopting an open and hands‑on approach to problem‑solving and delivery.
• Engage deeply in technical design and implementation to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with industry standards.
• Actively contribute to all stages of the product engineering life cycle—solutioning, design, coding, and testing—promoting collaboration and transparency within the team to drive high‑quality outcomes.
• Demonstrate ownership and pride in work, proactively taking on new responsibilities aligned with product engineering needs.
• Embrace and apply LSEG engineering principles, diving deep technically to build with purpose and foster excellence within the team through open collaboration.
• Create an environment of engagement, challenge, and constructive questioning, ensuring trust and respect are maintained and a strong one‑team mentality is upheld.

• Event‑driven microservice architecture
  : strong understanding of microservices design, pitfalls, best practices, Domain‑Driven Design (DDD), event‑driven principles, Docker, Kubernetes, and event‑driven patterns.
• Dev Ops and testing
  : building and maintaining pipelines (Git Lab preferred), shift‑left testing using JUnit, Cucumber, Gherkin, PACT, Test Containers, and knowledge of Kafka, MQ.
• Java expertise
  : advanced experience with Java 17+, OOP, Spring Boot, RESTful services, Swagger/OpenAPI, Spring MVC, enterprise‑grade Java applications, data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and multi‑threading.
• Database management
  : strong SQL skills with Postgres, familiarity with object storage (AWS S3), database version control (Flyway, Liquibase).
• Cloud architecture
  : experience with AWS (Aurora, MSK, S3, IAM) and basic cloud networking concepts.
• Blockchain integration
  : understanding of blockchain fundamentals, consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, interoperability protocols, cross‑chain communication, and security considerations.
• Agile working
  : commitment to agile principles, experience with Scrum and Kanban, sprint ceremonies, product backlog refinement, and collaboration in scaled agile environments.

• Delivery‑focused
  : committed to meeting deadlines and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Accountable
  : takes ownership and responsibility for outcomes.
• Collaborative
  : works effectively within cross‑functional teams, fostering teamwork.
• Communicative
  : champions clear, respectful, and constructive communication.
• Quality‑driven
  : maintains high standards in code quality, testing, and CI/CD practices.
• Adaptable & Innovative
  : eager to learn, improve, and embrace new technologies.
• Critical yet Respectful
  : challenges ideas constructively while maintaining professionalism.
• Engineering Mindset
  : passionate about solving problems and minimizing complexity.

Senior Associate

• Healthcare
• Retirement planning
• Paid volunteering days
• Wellbeing initiatives

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