Lead Software Engineer (Java/C++/Rust)
London Stock Exchange Group2 months ago
Bucharest, RomaniaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and provide end-to-end production support for the FX Trading Aggregator.
- Design, develop, and support highly available, scalable, performant, and low-latency distributed applications.
- Troubleshoot production issues and participate in incident resolution and operational support.
- Lead technical discussions, coordinate work, and mentor team members.
- Use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, software quality, troubleshooting, documentation, testing, and operational excellence.
- Adapt the platform and technical approach as business needs evolve, including potential use of Rust and other technologies.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering experience with at least two of Java, C++, and Rust.
- Strong understanding of software design, object-oriented programming, and distributed systems.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases.
- Good Linux knowledge, including troubleshooting, scripting, and system operations.
- Experience designing, building, and supporting highly available, scalable, and performant applications.
- Experience troubleshooting production issues and participating in production support and incident resolution.
- Team leadership and mentoring abilities, including leading technical discussions and coordinating work.
- Strong communication, teamwork, ownership, pragmatic problem-solving, and adaptability.
- Desirable experience includes event-driven systems, distributed architecture, cloud platforms, containerized environments, infrastructure automation, UDP multicast, messaging technologies, automated testing, quality engineering, and financial services, trading, or market connectivity.
Benefits
- Healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Opportunities to participate in fundraising and volunteering through the LSEG Foundation.
- Collaborative and creative culture with an emphasis on innovation, quality, continuous improvement, sustainability, and inclusion.
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.