Role Profile
The successful candidate for the “Senior Scala Engineer” role will be working with the Head of Client Digital Technology, Post Trade. They will be responsible for developing an AWS cloud-based critical market infrastructure service using predominantly Scala. This is a highly technical engineering role that would suit a software developer with a demonstrated track record of building commercial applications in Scala.
This great opportunity requires a candidate to take pride in their work and ownership of their work, possess excellent engineering skills, communication skills, can-do behaviour, and be highly collaborative.
They will be playing a critical role in growing the business.
Key Responsibilities
1. Build, deliver and maintain the multiple components of the Equities platform ensuring timely delivery of work items.
2. Resolve complex problems through in-depth evaluation of sophisticated architectures, business processes, and industry standards.
3. Serve as advisor to develop highly resilient and future-proof solutions.
4. Research and suggest new projects for the Equities platform.
5. Willing to take new responsibilities based on project needs and circumstances.
6. Supply and guide the program initiatives in engineering excellence and learning and development.
7. Ensure work is well documented and communicated with partner expectations handled.
8. Be challenging and questioning while ensuring trust and respect are maintained and a one-team mentality is promoted.
Key Skills and Experience
Microservices Architecture
* Excellent understanding of microservices designs, its pitfalls, and standard methodologies and processes.
* Knowledge of Domain Driven Design and event architecture.
* Experience of working with containerized and orchestrated services using Docker and Kubernetes.
* Familiar with the concept of service mesh such as Istio.
* Experience of building and maintaining dev-ops pipelines for delivering applications ideally using GitLab.
* Experience of using shift left testing principles and frameworks using technology such as Junit, Cucumber, Gherkin, Contract Test (PACT), TestContainers or other similar technology.
* Knowledge of using eventing and messaging infrastructure such as Kafka and MQ.
Advanced Scala Programming (8+ years)
* Strong experience in functional programming and object-oriented programming.
* Deep understanding of Scala including Akka (for building concurrent, distributed, and resilient applications), Play Framework (for web applications), Cats/Scalaz (for functional programming abstractions).
* Proficient in developing and delivering enterprise-grade Scala applications.
* Experience of working with data structures, algorithms, concurrency & multi-threading.
Database Management
* Strong SQL knowledge and experience working with relational DBs, such as Postgres.
* Working knowledge of object storages such as AWS S3.
* Knowledge of Database version control tools such as Flyway and Liquibase.
Cloud Architecture
* Worked on major public cloud preferably AWS.
* Used cloud-based technology like AWS Aurora, MSK, S3, IAM.
* Basic understanding of cloud networking.
Agile Ways of Working
* Understand and believe in the ethos of agile working.
* Experience of working in Scrum/Kanban model.
* Can participate and actively collaborate and chip in to sprint ceremonies including Product Backlog Refinement.
* Experience of collaborating with multi-functional teams in scaled agile setups.
* Some experience of writing applications using Java.
* Developed web applications using ReactJS.
Key Behaviours
* Demonstrated a keen focus on delivery perfection, meeting commitments and managing partners’ expectations.
* Ability to take on responsibility and be accountable for it.
* Work well within a team.
* Able to work with product, architecture, and delivery to understand their requirements in depth and translate that into robust, timely delivered applications.
* Critical and ambitious while maintaining respect.
* Understand the importance of communication within a team and have championed it in the past.
* Desire to learn, improve and innovate.
* Very high development standards, especially for code quality, code reviews, unit testing, continuous integration, and deployment.
* An engineer at heart that enjoys working with various technologies and has an appetite for taking on challenges while maximizing new technologies and minimizing complexity.
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.
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.
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.
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