Senior Software Engineer Regulatory News (AI/C#/Java)

ABOUT US:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

OUR PEOPLE:

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

ROLE SUMMARY:

We’re hiring a Senior Developer to join the Regulatory News Service team in London. For over 300 years,  the London Stock Exchange has produced detailed market information for companies and investors, technological innovations have transformed this service from a twice-weekly paper publication for the London business community to a continuous flow of electronic information to all the financial markets across the globe.

The focus of this role is to utilise artificial intelligence to improve user experience and reduce operational workload for both internal and external users of the Regulatory News Service. This role involves full lifecycle Agile development, including requirements analysis, estimation, design, coding, testing, and peer code reviews. You’ll contribute to service improvement initiatives alongside development and support tasks, and coordinate with a range of technology and business partners. The position also requires setting up and handling your development environment and supporting ad hoc duties aligned with team goals. Flexibility is important, as release and change management activities may occasionally occur outside standard regular working hours.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Design, develop and maintain applications with embedded AI powered features.
• Contribute to AI adoption and definition of best practices for AI usage within the application.
• Work closely with product owners and application users on vision for next generation of the product.
• Employ a range of techniques to analyse requirements and issues and evaluate multiple solutions against engineering, business & strategic criteria.
• Identify and resolve barriers to business deliveries implementing solutions which iteratively add customer value
• Design solutions using common design patterns with a range of design tools & techniques
• Conduct peer reviews to ensure designs are fit for purpose, extensible and re-usable
• Design and build solutions which are secure and controlled
• Complete the design of applications and performing code analysis and overall improvement of style and usability
• Identify and implement improvements to code
• Develop a deep understanding of our users, their needs, behaviours, nice-to-haves, and bring that insight into the heart of all aspects of project work
• Communicate effectively with project partners to report on progress against agreed deliverables and raise any critical issues/blockers

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

Required:

• Business level proficiency in the English language – written and verbal
• Proven ability to build intelligent business applications using latest AI technologies, MCP, LLMs and agentic frameworks.
• Detailed knowledge of AI best practices and controls along with software development principles
• Experience delivering enterprise level software using Java or C#.
• Experience and understanding of OO, MVC, REST, Web API and Unit testing frameworks.
• Good knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL & DynamoDB experience is advantageous)
• A good working knowledge of git (via Gitlab), source code control and branching/merging practices.
• Willingness to learn and develop using multiple programming languages.

Preferred/Nice to have:

• Expert practitioner of test-driven development, agile methodologies, and clean code programming.
• Experience and understanding of HTML, JS, CSS, Typescript, Angular v8+, JS libraries, AWS.
• Experience with c#, .Net / .Net Core, IIS.
• A good working knowledge of other AWS cloud services (DynamoDB, Redis, CloudFront, etc)
• Experience with Docker and, or other Container tooling (Kubernetes, Anthos, AWS ECTS)
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices
• Experience working with Jira, Jenkins & Nexus.
• Prior experience of working in large corporate enterprises

Benefits:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how 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 maximise 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)

• Life insurance

• Pillar 3 Private Pension

• Meal Vouchers

• Flexible Benefits

• Bookster

• Volunteering Events

• All LSEG colleagues with at least one year’s continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks’ paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company’s policy and guidelines

Career Stage:

Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

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.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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