Application Engineer, London Stock Exchange
Stock exchange in the City of London
Open for applications
Stock exchange in the City of London
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make things happen, out there in the real world, where it matters.
Role
Who you are
- 3-5 years of technical experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Retool application development
- Proficient in writing efficient and scalable JavaScript code
- Solid experience with API integrations and managing databases
- Good understanding of UI/UX design principles and application performance optimisation
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with providing technical solutions and supporting documentation
- BE/MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or STEM degree (Desirable)
- Solid English reading/writing capability required
- Good communication & articulation skills
- Curious about new technologies and tools, creative thinking and initiative taking
- Agile related certifications preferable
Desirable
- HTML (Hypertext Markup Language): Proficiency in HTML is fundamental, as it is the backbone of web content, structuring the elements and layout of web pages
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): Strong knowledge of CSS is essential for styling web pages, controlling typography, colors, and layouts, and ensuring a visually appealing design
- JavaScript: Mastery of JavaScript is crucial for adding interactivity, functionality, and dynamic features to web pages. This includes using libraries like jQuery and modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js
- Responsive Web design
- CSS Preprocessors: Familiarity with CSS preprocessors like SASS or LESS enhances CSS maintainability and organization
- Proficiency in using version control systems like Git for code collaboration, tracking changes, and maintaining codebase integrity
- Experience with front end frameworks and libraries is often required, depending on the specific role
- Knowledge of techniques to optimize web page loading times, minimize HTTP requests and reduce resource sizes for improved performance
- Ensuring that web applications work consistently across different web browsers and platforms, with the ability to debug and address compatibility issues
- Proficiency in using browser developer tools to debug JavaScript, CSS, and HTML issues and conduct testing for functionality and usability
- Familiarity Build Tools and Task Runners
- Integrating with various APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to fetch and display data from external sources
- UI/UX Principles: A basic understanding of UI and UX design principles is essential for collaborating effectively with designers and ensuring a user-friendly interface
- Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills are crucial for troubleshooting issues and finding efficient solutions in a dynamic web development environment
- 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 handle 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 demeanor 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
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence
What the job involves
- As an Application Engineer, you will be instrumental in building and optimising applications using Retool
- You will enhance our capabilities in developing internal tools and client-facing interfaces with speed and efficiency
- Collaborate with development teams and product managers to conceptualise software solutions using Retool
- Design and implement highly efficient user interfaces for internal and external applications
- Write robust JavaScript code to extend Retool's functionalities and integrate with third-party and internal APIs
- Ensure applications are responsive, performant, and scalable
- Engage in software testing to guarantee responsiveness and efficiency
- Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade applications to ensure high availability and reliability
- Create and maintain technical documentation related to application configuration, design, and deployment strategies
- Continuously seek to improve applications by exploring new features and capabilities released by Retool
- Responsible for building and maintaining a relationship with business collaborators and impacted users
- Proactively identifies, recommends, and implements improvements to the process as it relates to assigned projects
- Frequently keeps up to date with the latest industry development and technology innovations
- Flexible in approach, adapting plans and strategies to help manage risks around ambiguity
- Strategic problem solver with strong intuition for business and well-versed in current technological trends and business concepts
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 Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2019
$26.5m
LATE VC
Feb 2018
$26.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $53m
Company benefits
- Hybrid working options
- Healthcare
- Retirement planning
- Paid volunteering days
- Wellbeing initiatives
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
David Schwimmer
(CEO, not founder)Was Managing Director at Goldman Sachs for 20 years.
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