Senior Engineer, London Stock Exchange
FullStack
Stock exchange in the City of London
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Stock exchange in the City of London
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make things happen, out there in the real world, where it matters.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader with expertise in React, TypeScript, and Backstage.io, coupled with a proven understanding of cloud platforms like Azure(preferred) or AWS
- If you are passionate about developer tooling, improving internal platforms, and encouraging a culture of engineering excellence, this role is for you
- Expertise in Frontend Development: Deep understanding of React and TypeScript, including component design, state management, and testing.
- Backstage.io Experience: Proven track record of implementing and customizing Backstage.io in production environments.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms, with experience in Azure preferred (AWS also acceptable)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native tools
- Ability to identify and address developer pain points with innovative solutions
- Adept at collaborating with diverse engineering teams and explaining complex concepts clearly
- Experience with infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
- Database - PostgreSQL
- Knowledge of CI/CD tools like GitLab CICD
- Familiarity with GraphQL and REST APIs
- Understanding of observability tools, ideally Datadog
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Engineer - Developer Experience to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for improving the developer journey, streamlining workflows, and building tools that empower our engineering teams to deliver high-quality software efficiently
- Design, build, and maintain the internal developer portal/platform to optimize productivity and enable self-service capabilities
- Drive the adoption and customization of Backstage.io as a central hub for inner-sourcing
- Develop and maintain scalable and efficient UI components and tooling using React and TypeScript
- Advocate and implement best practices for frontend architecture, code quality, and performance
- Create tools and abstractions that integrate with Azure or AWS cloud environments, improving ease of deployment and observability
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC) to support cloud-native development
- Partner with engineering teams to identify problems and deliver solutions that improve their day-to-day workflows
- Mentor and guide junior developers, sharing expertise in React, TypeScript, and cloud technologies
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams to ensure alignment with broader organizational goals
- Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in developer tooling, cloud technologies, and frontend frameworks
- Proactively see opportunities to improve the developer experience and our internal platform
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The London Stock Exchange is one of the world’s oldest stock exchanges, with a history dating back over 300 years. It operates as a part of LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), one of the world’s leading providers of financial markets infrastructure, as a marketplace to enable stock brokers and traders to buy and sell stocks, bonds, and other securities.
The London Stock Exchange has lived through a stream of innovations; from telegraph and telephone, to the Market Price Display System, automatic trade matching, and the digitisation of issuer services. In 2019 it acquired Refinitiv, a financial information company, and in doing so became a global financial news and data business.
Most recently, the London Stock Exchange has made moves to support the evolution of private markets, and further build its presence in this space. It partnered with Floww, a platform that connects investors with private companies, with aims to launch a private primary capital raising facility, as well as explore new technologies and secondary market options for the platform.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2019
$24.9m
LATE VC
Feb 2018
$24.9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $49.8m
Company benefits
- Hybrid working options
- Healthcare
- Retirement planning
- Paid volunteering days
- Wellbeing initiatives
Company values
- Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shapes how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
David Schwimmer
(CEO, not founder)Was Managing Director at Goldman Sachs for 20 years.
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