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Principal Lead Java Engineer

Refinitiv

Principal Lead Java Engineer

Salary Not Specified

Refinitiv, Farringdon Within, City and County of the City of London

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 4 days ago, 14 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 218759317d8541dd886465c9e637a83c

Full Job Description

  • Demonstrates an extensive knowledge of technologies and/or thought leadership level of knowledge of a technology, providing direction, mentoring and advising others on design, development and / or implementation standard methodology and processes

  • Leads projects and promotes an inclusive and open culture

  • Continues to build and demonstrates a breadth of experience of various domains within technology, understanding the linkages and dependencies of projects/work and the key senior partners.

  • Builds and implements technical solution designs

  • Contributes to technical roadmaps implementing a technical solution strategy

  • Advises team members internally as a domain expert, utilising deep expertise of software development

  • Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of how the technology / domain strategy relates to and impacts own and others' work, holding responsibility for the implementation of strategy and culture within teams. Contributes to define the strategy

  • Evaluates how new technology or techniques may better implement the strategy, proposes patterns for its use and owns the development of reference code to set a standard

  • Understands LSEG's commercial position in the market and how the product / service / domain fits into direction

  • Leads the delivery of meaningful projects, working autonomously and with little direction; may ensure implementation of work from other team members, delegating work when required

  • Builds positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, growing own network and collaborating with other teams. Communicates complex / technical information clearly and concisely in an audience appropriate format.

    Professional qualification or equivalent

  • Some knowledge of multi-application management

  • Significant experience in a Software development and delivery role

  • Significant knowledge of multiple programming languages (Java is the main requirement but others will be a bonus too)

  • Ideally Experience of springboot REST and websocket services, Event-driven messaging (Kafka), SQL (Oracle/SQLServer), Redis

  • Azure - PaaS (EventHub, AzureSQL, Kubernetes, AzureCache, etc), terraform, helm, GitLab CI - or AWS equivalents

  • Software products and expert in at least two of these.

  • Basic financial understanding of trading systems and financial markets.

    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. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

    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. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

    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. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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