Java Software Engineer

The Project:

LSEG TORA is the leading provider of advanced investment management technologies for asset managers, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and sell-side trading desks globally. We are a cloud-based front-to-back office technology provider delivering everything you need to run a trading and portfolio management desk.

Our award-winning suite of sophisticated trading products offers the industry's most comprehensive institutional trading software including execution management, order management, risk control tools, algos, pre-trade, post-trade TCA and portfolio management solutions.

Our team of software development experts build innovative technology that fits our client's workflow requirements through a feature-rich, intuitive user interface. We pride ourselves on having a strong focus on client support, rapid implementations and industry-leading innovation.

Find out more about LSEG Tora.

Role Overview:

We are searching for a Java Developer who has software engineering background with knowledge of object-oriented programming, a passion for programming and for keeping code quality high.

The position requires to design, develop and tackle complex software applications by using your knowledge on software design, distributed computing, networking and data storage, security 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 doing root cause analysis for production issues escalated to the engineering team;

· Participate in code reviews;

· Gain a deep understanding of our products, from a technical but also from a business perspective;

· Use open-source and other technologies outside of the JDK;

· Participate proactively in team meetings to maintain or improve team standards;

· Help growing the current and next generation of developers in writing clean code, by sharing best practices in software development.

Required Skills:

Technical skills:

· Proven experience with Java 11 core (collections, multithreading, I/O);

· Basic understanding of object-oriented concepts;

· Knowledge of software design principles, understanding of most common design patterns;

· Experience with unit testing frameworks & libraries (JUnit / TestNG, Mockito);

· Experience with version control systems (Git);

· Experience with build automation tools (Gradle, Maven);

· Experience with DevOps tools will help (Gitlab, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes);

· Linux/Unix OS knowledge.

Educational background:

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

ADVANTAGE – what would be a plus:

· Knowledge of programming principles: SOLID, DRY, Law of Demeter etc.;

· Experience with software practices like test-driven development (TDD), continuous integration and continuous delivery;

· 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.

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 will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We improve each employee’s potential through personal development through 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

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.