The Project

AlphaDesk is Refinitiv’s Award Winning Order and Portfolio Management Software. The AlphaDesk team develops and supports software for hedge funds and asset managers globally. The software sits at the core of our client’s daily processes with functions including electronic trading, real-time portfolio profit & loss, and risk management. AlphaDesk has been growing at an unprecedented rate, gaining significant market share in the last few years. We attribute our success to our capable and highly motivated team and are looking for new candidates who share our goal of delivering quality products and support in a fast-growing, tight-knit team.

Find out more about AlphaDesk.

Role Profile

We are searching for a Senior C# Developer who has a solid software engineering background with excellent object-oriented programming skills, a passion for programming, and a commitment to maintaining high code quality. The position requires designing, developing, and tackling complex software applications using your knowledge of software design, distributed computing, networking, data storage, security, UI, and other areas.

Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of the software development process, from design to deployment and maintenance.
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code.
• Measure and track performance, latency, scalability, and develop solutions to improve overall system health.
• Support services at system launch by developing monitoring tools and performing root cause analysis for production issues escalated to the engineering team.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Gain a deep understanding of our products, from both a technical and business perspective.
• Use open-source and other technologies outside of the .NET ecosystem.
• Participate proactively in team meetings to maintain or improve team standards.
• Mentor and guide the current and next generation of developers in writing clean code by sharing best practices in software development.

Requirements

• Proven experience with C# and .NET Core (collections, multithreading, I/O).
• Strong understanding of object-oriented concepts.
• Good design capabilities, understanding of common design patterns.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks & libraries (xUnit, NUnit, Moq).
• Experience with version control systems (Git).
• Experience with build automation tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
• Experience with the following frameworks/libraries will help (Windows Forms, ASP.NET, MySQL, RabbitMQ, FIX).
• Experience with DevOps tools will help (Gitlab, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).

Educational Background

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent qualification as a software developer.

Advantage – What would be a plus

• Good knowledge of programming principles: SOLID, DRY, Law of Demeter, etc.
• Experience with software practices like test-driven development (TDD), continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
• Experience with event streaming platforms: RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka.
• Exposure to agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience with project & issue tracking tools: Jira, Confluence.
• Experience in developing real-time systems.
• A good understanding of financial and trading concepts.

Compensation and Benefits

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how the technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as we will support you to fast-forward your career! We improve each employee’s potential through personal development with a wide range of learning tools, both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days’ holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Dental Coverage
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events

The company

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 organization 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 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 based on anyone’s race, religion, color, 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.

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

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.

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.