Lead Software Engineer
London Stock Exchange Group3 days ago
Bucharest, RomaniaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement backend services using NodeJS, C#, Azure, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Build, improve, and maintain scalable, reliable, high-performance cloud-native products for LSEG Workspace.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Software Engineers, and Site Reliability Engineers across global teams.
- Design and operate critical, high-volume distributed systems using synchronous and asynchronous service patterns, concurrency, and multithreading.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, agile ceremonies, and cross-functional delivery activities.
- Ensure application code quality, security, and performance, and identify and resolve technical and operational problems.
- Automate software delivery processes and support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
- Communicate technical decisions, blockers, changes, and progress to stakeholders and influence senior leaders and business partners.
- Lead effectively through change, develop people, prioritize work, and manage dependencies across geographically distributed teams.
- Apply FinOps and observability tooling to support operational effectiveness.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including backend development and infrastructure support.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps, system administration, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
- Strong experience with cloud computing architecture, serverless computing, and container services, ideally across Azure and AWS.
- Experience designing and operating critical, high-volume distributed systems, including synchronous/asynchronous service patterns, long-running processes, concurrency, and multithreading.
- Experience with complex system design, software development, and collaboration in an agile environment.
- Proficiency in one or more of .NET/C#, Java, NodeJS/TypeScript, Python, and shell scripts.
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
- Terraform experience is advantageous.
- Experience with FinOps and observability tooling.
- Strong written and verbal communication, leadership, organizational, interpersonal, collaboration, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
- Ability to explain complex technical decisions, work across geographical and cultural boundaries, build trust, develop people, and lead through change.
Benefits
- 25 days of holiday per year plus one additional birthday day off.
- Annual wellness allowance, medical health insurance, preventive medical subscription, life insurance, private pension, meal vouchers, and flexible benefits.
- Share Purchase Plan, Bookster, volunteering events, and paid volunteering support.
- At least 26 weeks of paid parental leave after one year of continuous service, with a phased return option subject to company policy.
- Formal and informal learning and development opportunities.
- Remote and globally distributed collaboration across teams and time zones is part of the working environment.
About London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) provides market infrastructure, financial data, and analytics to banks, asset managers, and corporations. Its businesses span capital markets (London Stock Exchange), post-trade clearing (LCH), and information services including FTSE Russell indices and the Refinitiv data platform, funded by transaction fees, subscriptions, and licensing. Headquartered in London and publicly listed on the LSE, the group serves global customers seeking trading, clearing, benchmarks, and enterprise data solutions.