Developer Platform Engineer, London Stock Exchange

• 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
• 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

Desirable

• In this role, you'll be joining our Engineering Team within Engineering Excellence & Productivity (EXP) as a Developer Platforms Engineer
• 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
• Deploys agile best practices 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
• 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 and projects
• Must interact with global teams in time zones spanning UK, US, APAC areas
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services—from inception and design, through to deployment, operation, and refinement
• Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning and launch reviews
• Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
• Build a CI/CD pipeline and maintain the pipeline for Software Delivery
• Collaborate with Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure the patching are up to date
• Co-ordinate and work with Devops Capability team to perform the Disaster recovery for the applications
• Participate in Project related activities to meet operational needs
• To ensure knowledge Articles of all supported systems is continually updated
• To provide a high level of customer service, whilst working under pressure
• To follow and adhere to established Incident Management, Change Management and Problem Management procedures