Application Development Technical Lead

Application Development Technical Lead

This position will be responsible for Leading a team of software developers in a cloud (AWS) based development environment. The role will involve both hands on development, technical lead responsibilities (best practices, code reviews etc.) and some team management.

Experience in an Agile environment, especially CI/CD, is essential along with a solid background in Typescript/Javascript and database development.

The technical lead is expected to assist both the Development and Product Managers to develop new functionality as required by the business users. The role will also require some troubleshooting of production incidents and as such may require some out of hours work.

The responsibilities of the individual in this position include:

• Review, analyze, and modify software systems as needed acting as Technical Lead
• Produce scripts/scripting to integrate with team’s automated process and tooling for build/deploy
• Collaborate with users and other IT teams to maintain, develop, and deploy the best solutions
• Establish technology standards with the team and other development managers.
• Support both the production and non-production environments working hours as necessary to achieve this.

The successful candidate will have extensive demonstrable skills and experiences including the following:

• Significant Typescript/Javascript experience ideally within an AWS Node.js Lambda environment.
• Detailed experience with development tooling (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and CI/CD applications (Jenkins, Terraform).
• Good database and SQL experience (ideally MySQL).
• Exposure to AWS Components Lambda, S3, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, Aurora.
• Proven ability to complete assigned work in a timely and quality manner.
• Effectively collaborate with peer group (Scrum/Agile team).
• Communicating effectively with our Business Partners, end-users, user groups and product owners.

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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