Technical Lead

Role Profile

Are you passionate about making developers' lives easier, faster, and more fulfilling? Do you dream of streamlining workflows, squashing bugs, and fuelling innovation? We're on a mission to supercharge our engineering culture by building a world-class Developer community that's the envy of the industry.

In this role, you'll be joining our Engineering Team within Engineering Excellence & Productivity (EXP) as a Technical Lead.

Developer Platforms’ mission is to:

• •Enable rapid developer onboarding to LSEG developer tools, ensuring they become productive quickly to build applications on their chosen Cloud platform
• •Improve Developer Experience by increasing their ability to improve cadence of delivery of new features
• •Unlock Developer Capacity and enable greater Innovation by modernising tooling and processes
• •Ensure that development on the integrated platform is both secure and compliant by design

Tech Profile/Essential Skills

• •Good knowledge of Infrastructure as Code concepts (IAC) and basics of Microservices architecture
• •Knowledge of Cloud Technology basics across CSPs – Amazon, Microsoft, and Google (at least one)
• •Knowledge and implementation experience of DevOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps concepts
• •Good level of understanding of Architecture principles, design methodologies and their applicability
• •Hands-on experience of the following:

• •Creating and deploying CI/CD pipelines (GitLab / Jenkins / GitHub)
• •Configuring and running Code/Binary scans using solutions like SonarQube, Semgrep, Blackbuck, Trivy, GitLeaks Veracode, etc.
• •Configuring and using Secrets management tools like Vault and Cloud native solutions
• •Broad knowledge of SDLC Tools, specifically Build, Test and Deploy Automation tools, e.g., Maven, Gradle, Selenium, Ansible, etc.
• •Good understanding of Source code mgmt solutions like GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, etc.
• •Good understanding of Artifact and dependency mgmt solutions like JFrog, Nexus, etc.
• •Good understanding on Containerisation solutions, e.g., K8, Docker, Kaniko, etc.
• •Proficiency in at least one of the standard programming languages – Java/JavaScript, C#, Python, or similar Object-oriented programming
• •Proficiency in at least one of the standard scripting languages – Terraform, Bash, Ansible, etc.
• •Good understanding of Software engineering concepts, e.g., coding techniques (DRY principles), Trunk based development (Branching/Merging techniques), etc.

• •Good understanding of Developer Desktops – both Physical and Virtual (W365) and implementation of tooling framework/solutions for Desktops
• •Good understanding of the basics of Gen AI concepts and solutions – GitHub Copilot, GitLab Duo, Q developer.
• •Previous experience in a Project delivery, Coordination or Support role
• •Previous experience of Software Development, Business and Technical Analysis, Quality Assurance, and / or Emerging Technology and Governance
• •PPM Tools (ex: Clarity, JIRA, Asana)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• •Hands-On experience of working on Windows/ Linux Servers. Cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• •Managing incidents, change requests, service requests and driving TRT (Technical Recovery Team) calls.
• •Strong problem solving skills on these platforms
• •Minimum knowledge and understanding of financial markets are desirable.
• •Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• •Ability to communicate effectively in English with all levels of staff, both orally and written.
• •Ability to manage own work and multitask to meet tight deadlines without losing sight of priorities under minimum supervision.
• •Highly motivated, self-directed individual with a positive & pro-active attitude to work.
• •Customer and service focused, with determination to meet their needs and expectations.
• •Be driven and committed to the goals and objectives of the team and organization.

Second line point of escalation in event of a major incident

KEY COMPETENCIES

• •Deploys agile standard methodologies as appropriate throughout the software development lifecycle.
• •Analyses infrastructure requirements and designs the architecture for central or distributed processing to meet user requirements.
• •Creates, applies and implements technologies to deliver and produce services with minimal human intervention, to improve the efficiency, reliability and speed tasks.
• •Develops, tests and maintains software applications and related programs and procedures; demonstrates creativity and innovation using available software development tools and following design requirements.
• •Creates and maintains documentation to describe the system and its parts, including requirements documents, design decisions, architecture descriptions, program source code and support documentation.
• •Possesses depth of technical expertise, knowledge of technologies and design, development and implementation of technologies.
• •Possesses knowledge of features and facilities for integration, and communication among applications, databases and technology platforms to bring together different components and form a fully functional solution to a business problem.
• •Shows ability to come up with new ideas and novel approaches to problems and establish solutions through different methods.
• •Partners with clients and resolves issues by diagnosing problems, determining possible resolutions and implementing effective solutions​​
• •Defines a problem, generates solutions, and evaluates and identifies the best solution to overcome the problem.
• •Interacts well with others, quickly establishing rapport building positive relationships and networks.
• •Ensures a product/service meets or exceeds specified standards and objectives to achieve desired level of quality

Education and Professional Skills

• •Curious about new technologies and tools, creative thinking and initiative taking.
• •Solid English reading/writing capability required.
• •Strong communication & collaboration skills.
• •Commitment to DevOps culture
• •Familiarity with Agile principles including any hand on experience

Detailed Responsibilities

• •Ensure quality deliverables to ensure software meets or exceeds specified standards and objectives.
• •Apply software engineering principles and practices to design, build, and run solutions which are scalable and reliable.
• •Design, develop, modify, adapt and implement short and long-term solutions to technology needs through new and existing applications, systems architecture, network systems and applications infrastructure.
• •The team(s) continuously fine-tune systems to meet stringent non-functional requirements on performance, resilience and operability, and design.
• •Demonstrates significant knowledge of a single or multiple technologies and advises on design, development and implementation
• •Advances tools and applications by producing clean and efficient code and reviews others' code when required
• •Handles own workload and promotes an inclusive and open culture
• •Demonstrates depth of knowledge and expertise in software development and is regarded as the SME in their domain. Develops knowledge of other domains to understand linkages and dependencies
• •Understands the tech strategy and culture, and how they impact own work as well as adjacent teams
• •Oversees the design work and planning for user journeys ensuring the achieve the desired objectives
• •Supports the creation of solutions for Epics and the associated implementation tasks
• •Adapts existing patterns to develop robust solutions
• •Develops understanding of LSEG's commercial direction and how technology is forming a part of this
• •Completes the delivery of given tasks with some guidance and oversight
• •Builds strong relationships with senior internal stakeholders, growing network and collaborating with own team and colleagues in other domains. Communicates complex information clearly to relevant audiences
• •Takes initiative to develop knowledge in technology products and tools through on the job learning, certifications an