Senior Lead Software Engineer

2 days ago

City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom London Stock Exchange Group Full time

Senior Lead Software Engineer Are you an experienced software engineer with a passion for productionising data science solutions? Do you want to build innovative solutions for financial markets and professionals by leading teams of brilliant, collaborative software engineers? If so, we'd love to talk to you.

Role summary: As the Senior Lead Software Engineer, you will drive the technical strategy and development of high-impact, scalable AI solutions, leading software teams through the complete software lifecycle – from architecture to deployment.

We are looking for expert backend developers with proven ability to mentor engineers, deliver high-quality code that aligns with business goals, and manage project timelines.

You will combine strategic thinking, strong problem-solving skills, and a collaborative approach to ensure your team successfully ships efficient software.

What you'll be doing: Lead the design, architecture and development of scalable AI software solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical standards. Solve complex technical issues, optimize development workflows, and provide strategic insights to partners to support project goals and timelines. Establish and enforce high-quality coding practices, including code reviews, testing standards, and standards to maintain robust and clean code. Mentor and guide engineers across skill levels, with your collaborative and growth-focused team culture while ensuring high-quality code practices. Collaborate closely with Data Science and software engineering teams to define project requirements, set technical direction, and establish development roadmaps. What you'll bring: Essential skills: Extensive experience in software engineering with a focus on designing and implementing high-performance, scalable systems. Proficiency in Object-Oriented programming in Python for backend development. Expertise in cloud technologies (emphasis on Azure and/or AWS) and deployment practices, ensuring seamless and scalable delivery. Proven ability to establish and uphold coding and design standards to ensure high-quality, maintainable code. Effective leadership and collaboration skills, with experience leading engineering teams and communicating technical requirements to both technical and non-technical team members. Working knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring, to streamline development workflows and improve deployment reliability. Education Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or related field, or equivalent work experience

What you'll get in return: High-impact projects: We work on a variety of pioneering AI products and leverage extensive datasets to solve high-value challenges. Competitive benefits: We offer a strong compensation package, comprehensive benefits, and ongoing investment in career growth and skill development. Industry leadership: We deliver brand-new products that democratize modeling and analytics solutions. Career progression: We provide opportunities for continuous learning and professional development in a work environment of dedicated, highly experienced teams. We recognize that to attract the best talent, we need to be flexible, and we are open to discussing work arrangements with you. We take a hybrid approach to the workplace; this role is considered 'digital first', which requires attending the office at least one day per week while some teams and colleagues choose to collaborate in the office more frequently.

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.

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