Software Engineer Team Lead

The Software Engineer Team Lead role leads a team of engineers in creating real-time applications processing the world's most critical financial data. Our high-performance software must deliver from exchanges spread across the globe to our clients in just a few milliseconds while normalizing the data into a common format.

Projects will utilize a multitude of different languages and skill sets with a focus on C++ and scripting languages while centering around both the Linux and Windows operating systems, with a heavy focus on Linux. Learning is also an important aspect of every member of the team, and continued learning is strongly encouraged and supported.

• Lead a team of developers, business analysts, and QA engineers to ensure on time and on budget delivery.
• Ensure optimal technical design and code maintainability of all projects delivered by the team
• Manage a team of developers including all people management expectations such as mentoring, performance management, and compensation review
• Act as a technical leader and go to problem solver in the global real time collections team
• Identify and work through dependencies and blockers from other teams in the organization to ensure efficient delivery
• Drive forward improvements to our frameworks, infrastructure, and process
• Ensure high performance software delivered from the team including meeting strict capacity and latency requirements
• Ensure code quality with peer code reviews and providing constructive feedback
• Plan and maintain a roadmap of deliveries for the team ensuring schedules and status are kept up to date
• Act as the go to point person and representative for the team for any escalations particularly including active incidents impacting service
• Lead the team in solving challenging technical problems

• 5+ years of full life-cycle software development experience
• 3+ years of object oriented development in C++
• 1+ year of team management experience
• Superb communication skills (written and oral)
• Ability to collaborate in a team focused environment
• Excellent analytical skills and a real passion for solving problems.
• Ability to thoroughly test and debug code using test driven development
• Ability to suggest/research new technologies and quickly adapt to change
• Ability to work with both Technical Architects and Product Owners in order to build to specification

• Experience developing on Linux
• Exposure to Agile methodologies
• Experience with automated testing
• Experience of any integration with Oracle/SQL databases experience
• Knowledge of scripting languages Python, Unix or Powershell shell scripts desirable
• Knowledge of other languages such as JavaScript, Node.js
• Experience with real-time programming
• Adept at software design
• Experience with debugging multi-threaded applications
• Knowledge of/experience with design patterns
• Real passion for continued learning and development
• Understanding of financial markets, market data
• Low Latency financial market data systems

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.

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